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LINKTV Democracy Now March 23, 2015

Actuate its remaining personnel, including 100 special Operations Forces from a military base seen as key and the drone war against al qaeda. We will get an update from reporter iona craig. Then, we remember that i nearing author, filmmaker, and media reform activist Danny Schechter, the news dissector. You are known as the news dissector. What does that mean . It means i can look at the news from the inside out, chop it up, find out what are the sources, what are the biases of the different sources, what can you expect from a given news outlet as opposed to another one, what is theirs spend . News doesnt make any context if you dont have background to make meaning out of fax. Amy well speak with two of Danny Schechters longtime friends and colleagues, South African filmmaker anant singh and globalvision cofounder rory oconnor who worked with danny on the groundbreaking television series, south africa now that aired on 150 stations in the late 1980s and early 1990s at the height of the antiapartheid struggle. We will play exit from the newly digitized archives. Covering south africa, abc news blasts Nelson Mandela. We will dissect the report. While things like the new constitution and the right to vote or bottle concerns, they sometimes seem secondary to more urgent needs. Not even the men such high as perhaps an realistic hopes were pinned on. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yemen could be on the brink of civil war amidst escalating clashes between Government Forces and shia Houthi Rebels, and an attack on two mosques that killed dozens. Houthi rebels seized the countrys Third Largest city taiz, and its military airport. In recent days, unidentified warplanes have reportedly bombed the aden headquarters of president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi. He has asked the United Nations for urgent intervention to defend his government against the houthis advance. Briefing the Security Council on sunday, u. N. Envoy Jamel Benomar warned the situation in yemen could become a iraqlibyasyria scenario. It would be an allusion to think the houthis could mount an offensive and succeed in taking control of the entire country including [indiscernible] it would be equally false to think the president hadi could a civil sufficient forces against the hadis. Houthis. [indiscernible] amy the latest unrest comes after suicide bombers attacked two mosques in the capital sanaa on friday, killing more than 130 worshipers and wounding hundreds. The socalled Islamic State took credit for the coordinated attacks. The u. S. Has evacuated its remaining personnel from yemen and recalled approximately 100 special Operations Forces from a Southern Military base seen as key in the drone war against alqaeda. Well have more on yemen after headlines. President obama says hes personally confronted israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about his rejection of Palestinian Statehood and antiarab racebaiting. Netanyahu was reelected last week after vowing to prevent a palestinian state and bemoaning a high turnout of arab voters. Speaking to the huffington post, obama said he personally rebuked netanyahu in their first postelection phone call. President obama i indicated to him we continue to believe a two state solution is the only way for the longterm security of israel, if it wants to stay both a jewish state and democrat. And i indicated to him that given histamines prior to the election, it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible. We take him at his word when he says it wouldnt happen during his Prime Minister ship, so that is why we have to evaluate what other options are available to make sure that we dont see a chaotic situation. Amy in response to netanyahus comments, the Obama Administration is considering not blocking a u. N. Security Council Resolution that would call for a twostate solution based on an israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories. That would mean president obama would formally support official u. S. Policy for the first time after previously vetoing similar u. N. Resolutions. But despite the potential shift white house officials have vowed the billions of dollars in u. S. Military aid to israel will continue unimpeded. Talks over a nuclear deal with iran are approaching their final week before an end of the month deadline. Both sides have reported progress, but differences remain over the timeline for ending u. N. Sanctions and the expansiveness of international inspections. Speaking ahead of a meeting with european counterparts in london, secretary of state john kerry said after substantial progress, tough decisions will be made in the days ahead. We have not yet reached the finish line. Make no mistake, we have the opportunity to try to get this right. It is a matter of clinical will and tough decision political will and tough decision. It is a matter of choices and we must all choose wisely in the days ahead. Over the past months, the p5 plus one has made substantial progress towards that fundamental goal. Though important gaps remain. Amy iran has demanded an immediate end to all United Nations sanctions that have crippled its economy and health sector. In a public address, irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali khamenei, said an end to the sanctions is nonnegotiable. Iranian negotiators have also reportedly rejected u. S. Demands for inspections of any potential nuclear site, including Iranian Military bases. If a framework deal is reached in the next week, the talks would continue for a final agreement by june. Jailed kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is calling on his group to consider ending a threedecade uprising against turkey. Ocalan is serving a life sentence after leading the pkk in its struggle for autonomy in turkeys southeast. Peace talks have faltered since their launch in late 2012. In a Statement Read to tens of thousands of supporters, ocalan called for a formal congress to consider ending the armed struggle, but stopped short of declaring an immediate halt. We have a duty to kick off a new phase needed for the pkk. Designate a new social and Strategic Moves were this new period is articulated in a joint declaration. Amy thousands of people have marched in the spanish capital of madrid in the latest rally against europeanbacked austerity. The dignity march drew residents from across spain to protest worsening poverty and demand basics like jobs and affordable housing. We are asking for food, jobs, housing, and dignity. That is what we deserve dignity. Because we dont have that at the moment. There are no jobs and they are evicting us from our homes. ; amy the march comes as the spanish Political Party podemos has made strong gains in a regional vote. Podemos went from zero to 15 seats in the region of andalusia, cutting into the share of spains two traditional parties, the socialists and the peoples party. Podemos has ridden a wave of antiausterity sentiment to become a major contender in Upcoming National elections. The founder of modern singapore, lee kuan yew, has died at the age of 91. Lee pioneered what came to be known as soft authoritarianism restricting free speech and Political Freedom while expanding economic prosperity. Singapore will celebrate its 50th anniversary in august. A mass grave has been discovered in a nigerian town following the ouster of the boko haram. Nigerian and chadian forces found more than 70 bodies after expelling boko haram fighters from damasak. Nigeria is Holding National elections later this week after postponing them in the wake of boko haram attacks. The record outbreak of ebola has marched its First Anniversary with more than 10,000 people dead. Library announced its first confirmed case of ebola in weeks friday, quashing hopes the country had eliminated the virus. Guinea and sierra leone have continued to report about 100 to 200 new cases combined each week. Any recently reported a doubling of cases over the course of a month with three doctors among those falling ill. Sierra leone has announced plans for a two day quarantine this week when nearly the entire country will be told to remain indoors. Reflecting on the anniversary of the outbreak, the Group Doctors without borders criticized the slow international response, saying the selfproclaimed Islamic State has published the names and addresses of dozens of people whom it claims are u. S. Marines and that it wants supporters to kill. Socalled Islamic State hacker group says it stole the personal information from government services, but u. S. Officials say it was publicly available. The marine corps has advised its forces and their families to be diligent in protecting their privacy online. Hundreds of protesters rallied in front of the white house on saturday to oppose what organizers called perpetual war in the middle east. The rally from the antiwar group answer comes as Congress Weighs president obamas request for authority to strike isis anywhere in the world. I am here to take a stance against [indiscernible] war on the middle east as well as obamas continued war on the middle east. Amy on friday, Amnesty International led a march against the brooklyn bridge. The reason we chose these three cases were focusing on is because it is right here in new york city. They were all unarmed, allblack im all between 20 and 40 years of age. In all three instances, violent death. Were asking for some accountability. Amy the protest came one day after Staten Island judge refused to release testimony heard by the grand jury that failed to indict an officer for the chokehold death of unarmed africanamerican eric garner. Parents and colleagues of 43 students missing for nearly six months in guerrero, mexico have launched a caravan inside the United States. The students families question the mexican governments claims local police turned the students over to drug gang members, who killed and incinerated them. Only one students remains have been identified, and mexican media reports have tied federal authorities to the attack. On sunday, a crowd of mexican caravan members and their supporters rallied in new york city. These students were taken alive by both druglords and Police Forces and have disappeared ever since. Obviously, we know due to the war on drugs, there is close to 20,000 people who have died, who are disappeared in the country. Close to 100,000 people have died because of the respect policies. Amy one of the caravan organizers. And a federal judge has struck down a Wisconsin Law requiring abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, ruling it unconstitutional. While antichoice proponents argue the bill makes patients safer, u. S. District judge William Conley wrote the court is, if anything, more convinced that the admitting privileges requirement. remains a solution in search of a problem, unless that problem is access to abortion itself. Providers had argued the law would shatter at least one of wisconsins quattro abortion clinics, possibly causing waiting periods of up to 10 weeks at the remaining facilities. Courts have blocked similar laws in a number of other states. And those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin in yemen where the government is on the edge of civil war amidst intense clashes with shia Houthi Rebels, and an attack on two mosques that left more than 130 dead. Over the weekend, rebels took over the countrys Third Largest city, taiz, and its military airport. Now the United States has evacuated its remaining military personnel citing the countrys deteriorating security situation. Meanwhile, the u. S. Has recalled approximately 100 special Operations Forces from a Southern Military base seen as key in its Drone Campaign against alqaeda militants. The Obama Administration had previously praised the Yemeni Government as being a model for successful counterterrorism partnerships. But it closed its embassy in the capital city of sanaa earlier this year after Houthi Rebels overtook the city and deposed president Abdrabbuh Mansour hadi. In recent days, unidentified warplanes have reportedly bombed hadis aden headquarters. He recently wrote a letter to the United Nations requesting urgent intervention. On sunday, the u. N. Security council convened an emergency meeting to discuss yemens political crisis. The u. N. Special adviser to the country, Jamel Benomar, warned the situation could become a iraqlibyasyria scenario. It would be an illusion to think the houthis could mount an offensive and succeed in taking control of the entire country including taiz and the south. He would be equally false to think president hadi to assemble sufficient forces to liberate the country from the houthis. Any side that would want to push the country in either direction would be inviting a protracted conflict in the vein of an iraqlibyasyria combined scenario. Amy meanwhile, during friday prayers, suicide bombers attacked two mosques in sanaa, killing more than 130 worshipers and wounding hundreds. The socalled Islamic State took credit for the coordinated attacks. State Department Spokesman jeff rathke denounced both the mosque attacks and the ongoing attacks on u. S. Backed president hadi. We express our condolences to the families of the victims and a poor the brutality of the terrorists who perpetrated todays unprovoked attack on yemeni citizens who were peacefully engaging in friday prayers in their places of worship. We also strongly condemned the march 19 airstrike targeting the president ial palace in aden. We call upon all actors within yemen to hold all unilateral and offensive military actions. Specifically call on the houthi s, forward or former president saleh. The way forward for yemen must be through a political solution. Amy well, for more, we go to london, where were joined by iona craig. Shes a journalist who was based in sanaa, yemen, for four years as the yemen correspondent for the times of london, was awarded the Martha Gellhorn prize for journalism in 2014. Iona, welcome back to democracy now please, just describe what is happening in yemen today. At the moment, you have a complex fracturing of various different political groups. In the north, you have the houthis in control and sanaa and hadi is in aden. You have trouble groups. Aligning themselves one way or the other. Yet the succession is, the Southern Movement calling for independence. Some of the militia groups have aligned themselves to hadi. But really, a lot of them are looking for this opportunity to fight the north, they really see the houthis as saleh in disguise and have longheld grievances against him. Factions are ready to fight, some of them are already fighting. Different motivations. Amy can you tell us how it has come to this point at this point . Well, really, this has been a car crash in slow motion to watch it. This is, after the arab spring in 2011 when sale signed over power, he was granted immunity from that point and allowed to stay in yemen. He was allowed to still continue in politics, really, and keep manipulating as he always had done, but from then on, from the side. And really this doesnt seem to be a plan of action and to use the houthis as a way of getting revenge and creating the scenario that we are now noncode in yemen. Hadi has been forced into a corner as a result of all of this. It is really a result of after the arab spring the transition deal that was then signed, did not address the grievances of the houthis or the Southern Movement and others. Despite the International Community pushing on with the transition, it was a must inevitable this was going to come to a head at some point. Amy on saturday, yemeni president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi accused the houthi militia of staging a coup against him. He said he would raise yemens flag in the houthis northern stronghold. Hadi called on all political groups to attend peace talks in saudi arabia. I call on all Political Parties to feel the seriousness of the current phase and ignore inadequate partisan views. I call on them to actively participate in the talks to be held in the secretarygeneral of the gulf cooperation council, to come up with resolutions in order to avoid yemens plunging into secession and violence

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