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WARRIORS

Program 06-02-05-A

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General Patton wrote in 1943 that, "War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes simple direct, and ruthless men to wage it." In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, simple and direct conversations with the ruthless men who wage war. We'll talk with a machine gunner stationed in Iraq, an Army Intelligence interrogator, an international arms dealer, and an American mercenary.

SEGMENT 1:

Kayla Williams, author of "Love My Rifle More Than You," tells Anne Strainchamps that women soldiers feel sexism from their fellow soldiers, even in war zones, and that it complicates their lives.

SEGMENT 2:

Film-maker Klaartje Quirijns talks with Jim Fleming about her documentary film "The Brooklyn Connection," which shows how a Brooklyn immigrant raised over 30 million dollars to arm and supply the Kosovo Liberation Army.

SEGMENT 3:

Colby Buzzell is an Iraq War veteran whose blog and book is called "My War," and he tells Anne Strainchamps why he joined up and how he got past the drug test. Also, Richard Marcinko is CEO of a private security firm which trains mercenaries and he candidly tells Steve Paulson about waging war and interrogating prisoners from a mercenary's point of view. Marcinko was a decorated Navy SEAL with over 30 years combat service who commanded two of the SEAL's most elite Special Ops forces.

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Books:

• Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior (Simon and Schuster)
  
• Kayla Williams, Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army (Norton)
  
• Colby Buzzell, My War: Killing Time in Iraq (Putnam)

Further Reading:

• For more in-depth reading on mercenaries try:
  Fred Rosen, Contract Warriors: How Mercenaries Changed History and the War on Terrorism

DVD:

• The Brooklyn Connection: How to Build a Guerrilla Army. A film by Klaartje Quirijns. Distributed by Docurama.

Music:

• Portishead's "It's a Fire," "Roads," and "Wandering Star" off of their "Dummy" CD on UGM Recordings.
• PJ Harvey's "I Think I'm a Mother" and "To Bring You My Love" off of her "To Bring You My Love" CD on EMI Records.
• Radiohead's "Packed Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box" off of their "Amnesiac CD on Capital Records.
• Black Flag's "My War" off of their "My War" CD on SST Records.
• Edwin Starr's "War" on his Greatest Hits CD on Sony Records.
• John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" off of his "My Favorite Things" CD on Atlantic Records.

Distribution dates:

week of 01/21/2007 - hour 2 week of 02/05/2006 - hour 1

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