School in pakistan. It was one of the most one of the worst attacks in a decade. The Prime Minister called the massacre a national tragedy. The Pakistani Army quickly sealed off the school, evacuating as many of the 500 students and teachers as they could. But it took more than seven hours of fighting until all the attackers were dead and the situation was fully under control. I am the physics lab assistant. We were sitting in the canteen when we saw people sitting on the wall. At first we thought they were students, but then we saw the weapons and they started firing at us, so we went in to the classroom. As soon as the firing started, our teacher told us to sit in the classroom and get our heads down. Army personnel came and rescued us after it subsided. Later, we saw our friends in the core doors will stop some were dead and some were injured to stop the school is run by the army. Many of the pupils are children of military personnel. Most of those killed were under 16. The wounded
We will get the latest from investigative journalist Patrick Cockburn and speak with Ghaith Abdulahad, an iraqi journalist working with the guardian to embedded with shia militias fighting the sunnis. Then, a new film is out called kill the messenger. Webb,ls the story of gary one of the most maligned figures in Investigative Journalism. One of the deas most wanted. Brought in thousands of kilos to the u. S. Every day. Jesus. Talks in 1996, gary webb published an explosive series in the San Jose Mercury news titled, Dark Alliance that revealed ties between the cia, nicaraguan contras, and the crack cocaine trade ravaging africanamerican communities here at home. We will speak with veteran , arnalist robert parry reporter who originally broke the story in the 1980s, who devised webb before he published his series. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The first patient diagnosed with ebola in the United Sta
Decision to opt out of the system. We also hear from the rev. Al sharpton and benjamin crump, attorney for the brown family. Then we speak to Ricky Jackson who has just been freed from prison after spending 39 years behind bars for a crime he didnt commit. How does it feel . I am very happy. No words can describe how i feel right now. Just glad to be out. He is a longest holding prisoner ever to be exonerated. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests are set to begin for a third day a row in ferguson, missouri over grangers decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Dessert governor jay nixon to play more than 2000 National Guard troops to patrol the st. Louis area. Police said more than 40 people were arrested. Some Property Damage was reported, before less than monday night when buildings were burned and broken into. Protests against Police Brutalit
Allegations the American Psychological association, the largest association of psychologists in the world, secretly colluded with the cia in the torture program. Then we speak to former senator mike gravel. The people must know the full story of what has occurred over the past 20 years within their government. The story is a terrible one. It is replete with duplicity against the public and public officials. I know of nothing in our history to equal it for extensive failure and extensive loss in all aspects of the term. In 1971, alaska senator mike gravel entered 4000 pages of the classified pentagon papers into the congressional record. Now hes urging outgoing senator mark udall of colorado to make the full sinnot intelligence committees torture report public. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. More than 100 people have been killed in pakistan after taliban gunmen attacked a militaryrun school in peshawar
Militants killed 135 people, 132 of them children at a school in , the city of peshawar. We will go to pakistan for the latest and speak to tariq ali. Then as protests continue over the killing of Michael Brown, we look at the strange case of witness 40. The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction. After a full, impartial examination of all of the evidence in the law, and deciding the smoking gun website has revealed the witness who claimed Michael Brown charged at Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson like a Football Player suffers from Mental Illness and has a history of posting racist messages online. Did she lie to the grand jury about seeing the shooting . About even being in the neighborhood . We will get an update on one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. On tuesday New York Times reporter james risen learned he will be subpoenaed to answer questions ahead of the trial of a former c. I. A. Officer accused of leaking classified information. Al