Democracy Now! 7-19 Jailed Journalists Have Spent Years in U.S. Military Prisons Without Charge

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman

* Dems End Debate on Iraq Partial Withrawal Bill After Failing to Overcome GOP Filibuster *

Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic proposal to begin a partial withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Fifty-two Senators voted to support the pull-out measure proposed by Democratic Senators Carl Levin and Jack Reed, but the Democratic leadership failed to get the needed 60 votes to break the
Republican filibuster.

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* Despite Reports Showing Nearly Half of Foreign Militants in Iraq Are Saudi, White House and Lawmakers Keeping Sights on Iran *

The Los Angeles Times is reporting nearly half of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops in Iraq have come from Saudi Arabia ­ one of Washington's closest allies in the Middle East. U.S. officials have so far refused to publicly criticize Saudi Arabia's role in Iraq, focusing instead on Iran. We go to Baghdad to speak to L.A. Times correspondent Ned Parker.
We¹re also joined by Toby Jones, a former Persian Gulf analyst with the International Crisis Group and history professor at Rutgers University.

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* Sami Al-Haj and Bilal Hussein: Their Names Mostly Unknown in U.S., Jailed Journalists Have Spent Combined Six Years in U.S. Military Prisons Without Charge *

We take an in-depth look at the case of two reporters whose imprisonment by U.S. forces has gone largely ignored in the corporate media. Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj has been jailed without charge at Guantanamo for the past five-and-a-half years. Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein has spent more than a year in a U.S. military prison in Iraq, also without charge. U.S. officials haven't made public any evidence of wrongdoing. We speak with Rachel Morris, author of a new article detailing al-Haj¹s ordeal; and Scott Horton, a lawyer specializing in international law and human rights who¹s closely followed Hussein¹s case.

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* Headlines for July 19, 2007 *

- Dems Withdraw Iraq Bill After Senate Vote Fails
- Iraqis Protest Lack of Basic Services
- 2 US Troops Charged in Kirkuk Murder
- Marine Guilty in Hamdania Slaying
- Bush Threatens Child Health-Insurance Veto
- Bush: ³Gov. Can¹t Provide Affordable Health Care²
- Detained Iranian-Americans Appear on Iranian TV
- On 89th Birthday, Mandela Launches Group of ³Elders²
- Padilla Begins Defense in Terror Trial
- Exxon Mobil Sued for New York Oil Spill
- Study: Anti-Gang Efforts Having Reverse Effect

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