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WAR IN IRAQ
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Chris Ayres never wanted to cover the war. He was
perfectly content reporting on celebrity gossip (in L.A.). But through
a twist of fate, he found himself embedded with Marines in Iraq,
living in a Humvee and waiting for his death at the hands of the
Republican Guard. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge,
a self-proclaimed coward covers the war. Also, the underground political
cartoon, Get Your War On, and the historical roots of the war in
Iraq.
SEGMENT 1:
George Packer is a staff writer for The New
Yorker magazine and the author of "The Assassin's Gate."
He's a liberal hawk who supported the war and tells Steve Paulson
why he thinks America has a commitment to Iraq. Also, Gary
Rosen edited a book called "The Right War? The Conservative
Debate on Iraq." Rosen is a Neo-Conservative and the managing
editor of "Commentary" Magazine. He describes the various
lines of thought within the Conservative camp to Jim Fleming.
SEGMENT 2:
Cartoonist David Rees tells Jim Fleming that
his cult hit comic, "Get Your War On", grew out of his
frustration at the lack of satire in New York after 9/11. The
strip became a hit on the internet and now runs in "Rolling
Stone" Magazine. Also, Chris Ayres was more comfortable
reporting on celebrities in Hollywood when the Times of London
sent him to Iraq. The result is a book called "War Reporting
for Cowards." Ayres tells Anne Strainchamps what it was like
to be embedded with some real British soldiers.
SEGMENT 3:
Scottish Parliament member George Galloway
is the author of "Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington."
The book tells how he turned the tables on the senate subcommittee
who accused him of profiting from the Iraq food-for-oil scandal
that rocked the U.N. Galloway tells Steve Paulson his version
of what happened on Capitol Hill, and about meeting Sadam Hussein.
CD copies are available at
1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 05-11-06-A.
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Books:
- Chris Ayres, War Reporting
for Cowards (Atlantic Monthly Press)
- George Galloway, Mr. Galloway Goes to
Washington: The Brit Who Set Congress Straight About Iraq
(New Press)
- George Packer, The
Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (FSG)
- David Rees, Get Your
War On (Soft Skull Press)
- David Rees, Get Your
War On II (Riverhead)
- Gary Rosen, The Right War?: The ConservativeDebate
on Iraq (Cambridge)
Links:
Music:
- --Nocturne in C minor Op. 48/
No.3/ Chopin played by Andre Watts/ The Chopin Recital/ EMI Classics
- --Cry/ Money Mark/ Mark's Keyboard Repair/Pinto/No
Wax
- --Dirty Robot/ Arling and Cameron/ We Are A&
C/ Emperor Norton Records
- --Shuck It Up/ Medeski Martin & Wood/ It's
a Jungle In Here/ Gramavision
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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