The Brian Lehrer Show

After Andijan

Monday, November 21, 2005

Last May, government forces fired on a crowd of protesters in the city of Andijan, in Uzbekistan, killing hundreds. Journalist Galima Bukharbaeva was there, and was later charged with crimes by the Uzbek government for reporting on the crisis. Now she’s taken refuge in the United States.

"The U.S. Cannot Accomplish Anything Further in Iraq Militarily"

Linda Feldmann, White House correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor
- Murtha, Rumsfeld, and the explosive debate over Iraq

» "Why Iraq War Support Fell So Fast" by Linda Feldmann (CS Monitor)

After Andijan

Galima Bukharbaeva, Uzbek journalist and winner of the 2005 International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists,
-says it's good to harbor doubts

» Galima Bukharbaeva (CPJ)

Remarks by Vice President Cheney

Dick Cheney speaks live at the American Enterprise Institute on the Iraq war and pre-war intelligence

Al Qaedastan?

Nancy Soderbergh, former Clinton administration ambassador to the UN and author, The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might (John Wiley & Sons, 2005),
- says Saddam's Iraq had no contacts to al Qaeda, but is now a terrorist haven

» The Superpower Myth (Wiley)

Withdrawal = Retreat?

Tom Donnelly, senior fellow at the Project for a New American Century and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,
- says leaving Iraq would be a disaster

» Tom Donnelly (PNAC)
» Tom Donnelly (AEI)