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
For awhile. Maybe not for too long. Heres live doppler 7hd you can see here in the immediate San Francisco bay area just about ended but we have areas of shower rain around monterey bay still in the viewing area and part of the over all region so still wet in parts of the bay area. But look like most of the moisture moving off on shore i should say is moving down south of the immediate bay area. Rainfall total 24 hours quite impressive. 2. 8 inches at kent field. Inch quarter San Francisco or 6 tenths inch at oakland. Some locations lower total. Sz tomorrow we see more rain develop in the north bay. Give you a closer look at that and weekend forecast in just a few minutes. All right thank you so much. There is plenty of storm damage left over from the recent rain. Heres a picture of the mud and rock slide that blocked highway 1 today between Stinson Beach in marin county. It wasnt a huge slide caltrans called in to clear the roadway and evaluate the surrounding hillside. Street flood s
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
Host the name of the book is the end of big how the internet makes david and goliath. The author is nicco mele and he joins us from boston. Mr. Mele before we get into the substance of your book if you could relate your personal experience to the book the end of big. Tesco i started my life as a Computer Programmer and ended up at the intersection of technology and politics in 2003. I joined howard deans president ial primary campaign. I joined very early in late april of 2003 and was on the campaign from most exactly 12 months from the early days to the very bitter end. My experience as a working for an insurgent candidate led me to think a lot about the role of technology and empowering insurgencies against the establishment. So its really kind of where my folks started. In 2007 and early 2008 we watched the astonishing democratic primary where Hillary Clinton who was the Party Standard error, indeed she and bill clinton built the modern Democratic Party. She lost in the primaries to
Office, and we bring you highlights of the wildlife photographer of the year contest. Hello, iran says World Leaders have shown political will to make progress and ending the deadlock over its nuclear program. The foreign minister said talks in geneva have been fruitful. Theyre keeping details of their discussion confidential, will resume in november to continue the talks. What do we know about the iranian proposal that has been put forward . Reporter well, as you say theyre not saying very much about the detail. But i think we know that both sides are exploring the idea of making concessions to the other. We know that the International Community is thinking about whether to allow iran to enrich uranium on its own soil. We know iran is thinking about allowing International Communities have extra inspections and verification methods. Both sides say the talks were positive. Both sides say the negotiations are not helped by the negotiation taking place in public. Thats why theyve agreed n