Previous such accusations come are ludicrous. As a matter of longstanding policy, the United States does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. Amy gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad. We will speak with the pulitzer prizewinning author and historian eric foner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Iraqi Military and iranianbacked shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The operation marks iraqs Largest Military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. Iranian advisers and iranianbacked shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u. S. Has been sidelined. Colombia is halting air attacks on farc rebels for one month as peace talks between the two sides advance. Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said the pause reflects the rebels adher
National security, venezuela accuses the United States of plotting another coup as it helped to do in 2002. We will look at the growing crisis. These accusations like previous such accusations come are ludicrous. As a matter of longstanding policy, the United States does not support political transitions by nonconstitutional means. Amy gateway to freedom the Hidden History of the underground railroad. We will speak with the pulitzer prizewinning author and historian eric foner. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Iraqi Military and iranianbacked shiite militias have seized large parts of tikrit as part of their offensive to retake the city from the selfproclaimed islamic state. The operation marks iraqs Largest Military attempt to roll back the gains made by isis last june. Iranian advisers and iranianbacked shiite fighters are playing a key role while the u. S. Has been sidelined. Colombia is halting
The protest at the Police Station. The officers are in serious condition. We will speak with a clergy man one of the protesters who is outside the Police Station at the time. Then to madison, wisconsin. It is the issue of Racial Disparity and racial injustices we will soon have a ferguson on our handss. S. We said it. We have numbers three times as bad as ferguson. We have a 19yearold like black boy dead, shot five times. Amy then the university of oklahoma expels two Fraternity Members and shuts down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed students singing a racist song. But first to iran. Republican senators are accused of trying to undermine the Ongoing Nuclear talks by penning an open letter to the iranian government. My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. During my 29 years here in the senate, i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war
Where there is a u. S. Consulate. At the same time the u. S. Military moving to address the urgent humanitarian crisis. This is the latest video we are getting of the refugees said to be fleeing the militants in a disturbing turn the u. S. Has confirmed that militants kidnapped hundreds of refugee women so they can be sold or married off to extremists. Meantime, tens of thousands of other civilians remained under siege, surrounded by isis on a mountaintop in northwest iraq. Native american a american air drops delivered meals and fresh water so far. President obama told the nation last night that the u. S. Cant turn a blind eye to this crisis. We have a mandate to help in this case a request from the Iraqi Government. When we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, i believe the United States of america cannot turn a blind eye. We can act, carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide. Nbcs Chris Jansing is live at the white house. Whats the latest fro
Im Suzanne Malveaux in for poppy harlow. Looks like isis has some military weapons, american weapons, not just a few scattered ones but were talking about a lot now. This humvee american a tracked armored personnel carry for american. These automatic weapons rows and rows of them american. This video was released by isis in the past 24 hours. We dont know when it was shot. Looks like iraq. But that has not been confirmed yet by the u. S. Military. Now, isis fighters they overran a make military outpost earlier this month where iraqi troops were supplied with u. S. Weapons and vehicles. Well theres between 1,000 and 2,000 isis fighters right now in the iraqi city of mosul. Biggest city in iraq after baghdad. U. S. Military officials this week revealed details of a plan to retake the city from isis. That mission would be iraqiled and u. S. Supported. Those words from the brandnew u. S. Defense secretary ash carter not even a week into the position. Well carter is in afghanistan today. He