War News Radio

Beth Redden takes a look at American poets who are putting their pens to work in order to express their views on the war in Iraq.

Then, Rozina Ali speaks with three Afghani women with strong views on life in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.

We also hear from an American mother who tried to convince her son not to join the Marines after high school, only to see him join, serve and die in Iraq.

And in our Arab News Watch, Bernadette Baird-Zars compares what is and isn’t highlighted between two Israeli news outlets.

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While millions of Americans stress over their tax forms, a few have decided not to file for moral reasons. Maria Macia speaks with folks who don’t want their money being used to finance a war.

Also, Mat Louis-Rosenberg delves into the case against government contractor Custer Battles (the name’s no joke). It’s a story with all the twists and turns of a John Grisham thriller. Death threats, graft, dueling lawyers and more.

Finally, Catharine Parnell takes us to the opium poppy fields of Afghanistan. Despite efforts to eradicate this illicit crop, drug production levels are higher than before the US intervened. What sort of an ally is Afghanistan when its economy is so reliant on the drug trade?

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