That has been the message from the white house over the past 25 years as the u. S. Wages one war after another in iraq. Secretary of state john kerry just flew into baghdad on a surprise visit to address the latest crisis. We will speak with retired army colonel and professor Andrew Bacevich about his new book, americas war for the greater middle east. Stockre is a need to take of u. S. Military involvement in the region to recognize this failure and therefore, to consider alternatives and it is my personal judgment, that there are alternatives to the militarization of u. S. Policy. Why plus we will look at the Obama Administration deported 85 refugees to bangladesh, india, and nepal who were seeking asylum after fleeing repression and violence in their home countries. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Black lives matter activists interrupted former bill clinton during a speech in support of hillary, in
Heads of state and those close to them. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in panama, and given by an anonymous source to a german newspaper that poured over them with help from hundreds of reporters with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. We will go to munich, germany to , speak with Frederik Obermaier, coauthor of the Panama Papers story and the book Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation just released today in germany. And we will speak with the consortiums Senior Editor, Michael Hudson. It is true the biggest tax havens in the world are islands, and those two islands could be Great Britain and manhattan. Amy then the release of the Panama Papers comes amid growing concern about so called dark money flooding u. S. Elections by super pacs that do not have to report their donors. Unlike my democratic opponent, and i think every republican, we do not have a super p
Groups. To readrance gets ready new flights to iran, female flight attendants are protesting a decision that would force them to where veils once they land. , we will be taking a closer look at the panama law firm at the center of the Panama Papers leak. How they help the rich and in taxl hide their money havens. And the winner of the hong kong Film Festival is almost completely snubbed by the media in china. First, our top story live from paris. We will start with whats being called the biggest leak in journalism history. The Panama Papers. They have already whipped up a storm of controversy over offshore accounts and tax invasions for the rich and famous. Thousands of names are on the list including the Prime Ministers of iceland and pakistan, the president of ukraine, and the king of saudi arabia. Ties to Vladimir Putin were also detailed as well as star jackie chan and footballer leonel messy. Several Media Outlets around the world have and working on the documents including the fr
Of them. Amy its the biggest leak in journalism history. The Panama Papers names the rich and powerful around the world who used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth, including 12 heads of state and those close to them. Some 11. 5 million files were leaked from one of the worlds most secretive offshore companies, Mossack Fonseca, a law firm in panama, and given by an anonymous source to a german newspaper that poured over them with help from hundreds of reporters with the International Consortium of investigative journalists. We will go to munich, germany to , speak with Frederik Obermaier, coauthor of the Panama Papers story and the book Panama Papers the story of a worldwide revelation just released today in germany. And we will speak with the consortiumsesenior ediditor, michael hudsdson. It is true the biggestst tax havens in ththe world are islan, and those two islands could be Great Britain and manhattan. Amy then the release of the panama p papers comes amid growg concern ab
Tremendous to your tremendous governor, Governor Scott walker. Amy then we will go to iceland where the countrys Prime Minister has resigned just days after the Panama Papers revealed he had benefited from offshore investment accounts in tax havens. And we will look at how puerto rico has stunned washington and wall street by voting to suspend all payments on its 72 billion public debt. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the race for the white house, tuesday was a big night for the underdogs as democrat Bernie Sanders and republican ted cruz secured decisive victories in the wisconsin primary. Sanders beat rival Hillary Clinton by winning over 56 of the vote. Ted cruz easily defeated frontrunner donald trump by 13 percentage points. Sanders spoke during a rally tuesday night in wyoming, which holds its Democratic Caucus on saturday. With our victory tonight in wisconsin, we have now won seven out of e