Documentary about antinato protests in chicago. We will also hear james foley in his own words. I am adjusted and what you said about the categories asian of other categories asian of others categories of others. Painting the other group as the other, and the dehumanization process. That is extremely dangerous, but i guess it happens in a war. To medea we will speak benjamin of codepink. Which held protests outside of the White House Well president obama spoke the other night during then a former israeli soldier speaks out. I was sure that if the israeli public knows what i know, the occupation has to stop. It will stop, but it did not. Eran efrati, an israeli Soldier Turned antioccupation activist. He recently interviewed several Israeli Soldiers who participated in the shujaiya massacre in gaza. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Secretary of state john kerry is in turkey in an ongoing effort to drum up support for a u. S. Militaryled campaign. Inthursday, john kerry was 10 arababia where countries egypt, iraq, jordan, lebanon and six gulf states, including saudi arabia and qatar, agreed to help the United States fight the sunni militants that have seized swathes of iraq and syria. Arab nations play a huge role in our roles. The foreign fighters, which isil requires to thrive, and certainly the effort to recruit it once and for all the dangerous, the offensive, the insulting distortion of islam tot isil propaganda attempts spread through the region and the world. Retired marine general john allen has been kept to oversee the campaign. He previously served as a top u. S. Commander in an. The pentagon has announced they will in afghanistan. The pentagon has announced they will start airstrike missiles airstrike missions. Present dilemmas facing key questions about striking without ande house approval critics note that resolutions only apply to nations and groups that planned, authorized, committed, or aided the 9 11 attacks. We will have more with Medea Benjamin of codepink after headlines. The mother of slain u. S. Journalist james foley says she is appalled by the u. S. Governments handling of her sons imprisonment by isis militants. Diane foley told cnn the government threatened her family with prosecution if they tried to raise money for foleys ransom. She also criticized the broader u. S. Response toward isis. We are dealing with very Difficult People when we are. Alking about isis their hate for us is great, yet some of our response to them has only increased the eight. Well hear from james foley in his own words from a 2012 interview at antinato protests in chicago later in the broadcast. Alqaidalinked Syrian Rebels on have released all 45 fijian peacekeepers they had held captive for two weeks, the a on heights. The United States marked the anniversary of an 11. Meanwhile, chile marked the 41st across the border chile marked the 41st anniversary of its own , 9 11 on thursday. On september 11, 1973, democratically elected president Salvador Allende was ousted in a u. S. Coup, ushering in 17 years of brutal dictatorship under augusto pinochet. Chilean president Michele Bachelet urged people to come forward if they have information on the more than 1,000 disappeared people still missing after the pinochet era. I already sent this the past few days and i will repeat it again today. This is the time for us to join together in truth and it is essential that those that have relevant information come forth, whether they are citizens or military. A new tally by the Associated Press finds more than 5,000 people have died in Central African republic since december, when fighting erupted between muslims and christians. The clashes have sparked fears of genocide. The tally is more than twice the number cited by the United Nations in april when it approved a peacekeeping force due to arrive next week. The ap said there has been no official record of the steady rise in deaths since then. Hundreds of thousands of catalans have flooded the streets of barcelona to demand a vote on independence from spain. Turnout estimates ranged from half a million to nearly two million people. The call for secession was bolstered by next weeks referendum in scotland on independence from the united kingdom. Ahead of the march, catalan president artur mas said european leaders should accept a referendum on Catalan Independence scheduled for november. There are european l referenn scotland, but do not except at the same level the referendum in catalonia. Is catalonia a different nation it is a different nation, but it is also a nation. So, if the scottish people have the right to decide their political future, why not the catalan people . Scotlands top banks have cotlands top banks have scotlands top banks have threatened to move to england if scottish voters choose independence in next thursdays referendum. Polls show scots are about equally divided. Historic Monsoon Floods in india and pakistan have killed more than 400 people and displaced nearly a million. The flooding is the worst to hit the kashmir region in half a century. Has pleadedard guilty to charges that former employees bribed officials at russias top Prosecutors Office for a technology contract. In total, the firm has agreed to pay 108 million for bribing officials in mexico, poland and russia. Thats a tiny fraction of hps net revenue, which totaled 27. 6 billion in the last quarter alone. The news came as the Obama Administration announced it would implement new economic sanctions on russia over its handling of ukraine. A new round of european sanctions on russia takes effect today. Human rights watch has found israel committed war crimes by attacking schools where displaced residents were sheltering gaza. The report looked at three attacks on United Nationsrun shelters this summer which killed at least 45 people, 17 of them children. It came a day after israel said it had opened criminal probes into two of the most publicized killings of Palestinian Civilians during this summers assault, including one of the school attacks. But Human Rights Watch noted quote israel has a long record of failing to undertake credible investigations into alleged war crimes. South african olympian and doubleamputee oscar pistorius, known around the world as the blade runner, has been found guilty of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter, for killing his girlfriend. Pistorius was acquitted of murder. Judge takazeela maseepa accepted pistorius claim he mistook Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four shots at her through a locked bathroom door last valentines day, but she deemed his behavior negligent. Play sot sot anchor negligent. I am of the view that he was negligent. Pistorius could face up to 15 years in prison at his sentencing. Argentina has enacted legislation to repay its debts domestically, skirting the ruling of a us judge which sent the country into default. The judge blocked argentina from making any repayments without also repaying us hedge funds led by billionaire paul singer. Argentina has refused to pay the socalled vulture funds, which bought the countrys debt for bargain prices after its financial crisis, then demanded full repayment. But argentina has vowed to repay its other debts. Newly unsealed documents have revealed how much pressure the u. S. Government exerted on yahoo after the tech company opposed it demands for User Communications. In 2008, the government threatened to fine yahoo 250,000 per day if it did not comply with a secret court order which yahoo believed was unconstitutional. Yahoo ultimately lost its legal battle and ended up providing User Communications to the nsa under the secret prism program, as did other tech companies. Missouri has enacted one of the longest waiting periods for abortion in the country. The legislation extends missouris waiting period from 24 to 72 hours, leaving no exception for victims of rape or incest. Missouri lawmakers overrode a veto of the measure by democratic governor jay nixon, who said it would quote jeopardize the health and wellbeing of women. About half of u. S. States impose a waiting period between counseling and an abortion. Most commonly the wait is 24 hours. Utah and south dakota have also enacted 72hour waiting periods. Students at Columbia University are holding a rally today in solidarity with emma sulkowicz, a columbia senior who has been lugging a dorm room mattress around campus to protest the universitys handling of sexual assault. Sulkowicz says she will continue carrying the mattress until the student who raped her two years ago is expelled. On wednesday, students gathered to support sulkowicz by helping her carry her mattress to class. Trustees at the university of illinois have voted nearly unanimously not to reinstate steven salaita, a professor whose job offer was withdrawn after he posted tweets harshly critical of the israeli assault on gaza. Students, faculty and a number of academic associations had urged the trustees to reinstate salaita, saying his Academic Freedom had been violated. Salaita said he is consulting with his attorneys about future options. A new study has found People Living near fracking wells are nearly twice as likely to report Certain Health issues. A former Yale University medical professor surveyed residents in southwestern pennsylvania. He found 39 of People Living within about half a mile of gas wells reported upper respiratory health problems, compared to 18 percent for those who lived more than 1. 2 miles away from wells. And the federal Communications Commission says it has received a Record Number of comments about its proposal to effectively end net neutrality. On wednesday, thousands of websites joined the internet slowdown, a day of action against the fccs plans, which would let corporate isps create fast and slow lanes for internet service. The protest helped bring in nearly 1. 5 million comments. That beats the previous record set in 2004 when the agency was flooded with complaints over a wardrobe malfunction that revealed Janet Jacksons breast on Live Television during the superbowl halftime show. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. I am juan gonzalez. Welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. The pentagon has announced it will soon start flying Bombing Missions out of the kurdish region of Northern Iraq as part of an expanded u. S. Led military campaign against militants from the Islamic State. But it remains unclear when the u. S. Will launch air strikes in syria. According to mcclatchy, president obama has not yet authorized the u. S. Central command to conduct offensive combat operations in syria. Many questions remain unresolved. On thursday, 10 arab countries egypt, iraq, jordan, lebanon and six gulf states, including saudi arabia and qatar, agreed to help the United States fight the sunni militants that have seized swathes of iraq and syria. The commitment came after Foreign Ministers from the countries met with secretary of state john kerry in saudi arabia. Arab nations play a Critical Role in that coalition the leading role, really, across all lines of effort military support, humanitarian aid, all work to stop the flow of illegal funds and foreign fighters, which isil requires in order to thrive, and certainly the effort to repudiate once and for all the dangerous, the offensive, the insulting distortion of islam that isil propaganda attempts to spread throughout the region and the world. Secretary of state kerrys trip to saudi arabia came on the 13th anniversary of the sept. September 11 attacks which were carried out by 19 hijackers, including 15 saudis. On thursday iran questioned the u. S. Plan to fight the Islamic State and blamed gulf nations including saudi arabia for stoking the sunni militancy that led to the Islamic States rise. An Iranian ForeignMinistry Spokeswoman said iran had quote severe misgivings about the coalitions determination to sincerely fight the root causes of terrorism. They have agreed to provide training for what is described as moderate islamic fighters. There was also discussion in saudi arabia of using the newly formed coalition to also attack Islamist Groups besides the Islamic State. To talk more about president obamas plans, we are joined by Medea Benjamin, the founder of codepink. He is the author of she is the author of drone warfare killing by remote control. Welcome to democracy now can you respond to president obamas speech and the fact that the vast majority of americans polled support taking military . Ction in iraq and syria i think president obama been hounded by the media, the war hawks in congress, also by the democrats, and is going into bombing in iraq and talking about going into syria, at a time when just a couple of months ago the American People made it very clear we were tired of war. When obama tried to do this a year ago the American People rose up and demanded that they take a vote, Congress Said no, and obama backed out. I think the support of the American People is very skin we, asmy, and if peaceloving people, do our job in getting out there and making some noise, we can actually have an impact in stopping the u. S. And, itting into syria, think, stopping the u. S. From this insane, neverending war. And what about the status of the Peace Movement right now. There has not done in the last few days much of an outcry from peace advocates on this new policy of the Obama Administration. Well, the Peace Movement was camey decimated when obama in and has been trying to rebuild ever since, but now i think we have to think of all of us as the Peace Movement. Now if the time to say that if you are an environmentalist, you had better understand that were is the greatest polluter on the planet. If you care about having money for youth groups or for infrastructure, or for green energy, you had better understand that sucking money into the military we are now paying 7. 5 million for just the bombing in iraq. Imagine if we start going into syria. We cannot afford this. If you care about money in politics, this is the time to get out there and say this is part of the subsidy to the militaryindustrial complex. This is an issue for all of us out there now, and we have to get on the phones, into the streets, demand town hall meetings, get our present it is, and say to them, representatives, and say to them we want you to vote and say no. President obama vowed it would not repeat the recent wars. I want the American People to understand how these efforts will be different from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. They will not involve american combat troops fighting on foreign soil. The Counterterrorism Campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist using our air power and our support for partners forces on the ground. This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us while supporting partners on the front lines is one that we have successfully pursued in yemen and molly and somalia for years. We mobilize partners wherever possible to address broader challenges to international order. Dea, can you respond to president obama, and to the issue of, well, what is an alternative right now to u. S. Led military strikes . It is almost comical to hear them talk about yemen and somalia as positive examples because they are almost disasters. Takenntervention has relatively isolated places like afghanistan where they were extremists and now spread them yemen, somalia, iraq, syria, Northern Africa this is been a policy where the results have been fantastically tragic, and to think that adding more fuel to the fire is going to be a positive result is just insanity. I think we have to come out and say been there, done that. Weve already destroyed iraqi and created the conditions by not addressing the sunni grievances for isis to exist. What we have to do now is be part of not this warmed over coalition of the willing, that george bush put together, but a real u. N. Led effort. The sunnis have to have your grievances addressed. We have to stop the flow of weapons to the entire region, where the u. S. Is the purveyor of 80 of those weapons. We have to stop the countries from buying the oil that isis is selling, address the humanitarian crisis we help to create there are many things we can do that can be positive, but bombing is