The crisis in the middle east, blackwater on trial, and more. And iraq veterans against the war. It has been personal, we have been transformed in our own lives. Each of our stories is important and people need to understand the reality and the human cost of war and occupation. A group of veterans came back from combat to form iraq veterans against the war. A decade later, the group is now organizing against another war in iraq. All that and more coming up. To democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Australia has become the latest country to join the usled military campaign against militants from the Islamic State in the iraq and syria. Prime minister tony abbott said australian planes will take art in air strikes and special forces would be deployed. Turkeys parliament has also authorized the government to order military action against the militants. The news comes as the Iraqi Defense minister claims iraqi forces have made gains against isis. The
Have been injured or killed so far this year. We will speak with jeremys cahill, author of dirty wars the war is a battlefield about the crisis in the middle east, blackwater on trial, and more. And iraq veterans against the war. It has been personal, we have been transformed in our own lives. Each of our stories is important and people need to understand the reality and the human cost of war and occupation. A group of veterans came back from combat to form iraq veterans against the war. A decade later, the group is now organizing against another war in iraq. All that and more coming up. To democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Australia has become the latest country to join the usled military campaign against militants from the Islamic State in the iraq and syria. Prime minister tony abbott said australian planes will take art in air strikes and special forces would be deployed. Turkeys parliament has also authorized the government to order milit
London Custody Centre on friday morning. An investigation is under way into how the handcuffed suspect who is in hospital with a bullet wound was able to take the weapon inside. Acting Deputy Commissioner of the metropolitan police, stuart cundy, gave this update. Yesterday, one of my colleagues, matt, was murdered. And my thoughts are with his partner, his family, his friends, his colleagues, both here and across the world. And, as well as remembering that, over the last two days, we have been working round the clock on our Murder Investigation. At this time, the suspect remains in hospital in a Critical Condition and due to his state, we are not yet able to speak to him. We have teams of specialist investigators who are investigating matts murder. We have four major crime scenes, each of which is being painstakingly searched and will be subject to a detailed and painstaking forensic examination. We have recovered the gun from the custody suite where matt was shot and that gun is bein
Views on abortion that most worry liberals. She has called abortion immoral, and some believe her appointment could imperil the landmark roe versus wade ruling back in 1973 which legalised abortion here nationwide. Asked about his reported choice, President Trump was giving little away ahead of the formal announcement later today. Youll find out tomorrow. Shes very. Look, they are all great. It could be anyone of them. But hes made clear he would like to see his nominee confirmed before the president ial election in november. That could prove significant because as well as issues such as abortion, the Supreme Court might also be called upon to adjudicate the outcome of the election itself, should the result be disputed, as there now seems every chance it will be. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren. It is rather chilly out there. Not yourfault but. Good im pleased you clarified we have northerly wind so it feels chilly at quite a mixture of weather across the uk and you
We will speak with a local pastor who was shot on wednesday by a rubber bullet. We will also speak with radley balko, author of, rise of the warrior cop the militarization of Americas Police forces. Then to ebola in west africa. 1000 thats . The World Health Organization says that number fastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak. The debate over using experimental drugs to help halt the epidemic. Was an agreement among the experts that the special circumstances of this Ebola Outbreak, it is ethical to author unregistered interventions as potential treatment or prevention. There are caveats. The panel said the criteria must always guide such prevention. We will speak with samestore journalistscience Laurie Garrett, Lawrence Gostin, and adia benton. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Joined in a0 Cities National moment of silence thursday night to honor the memory of 18yearold Michael Brown. The unarm