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Benghazi: US Consulate Attack
On September 11, when a militant group overran the US consulate in Benghazi resulting in the death of the ambassador, the initial information was contradictory. Much of it got mixed up with other reports out of the Middle East about anti-American demonstrations over an inflammatory film on the Internet that was said to insult Islam. Damon arrived quickly in Benghazi to sort out the conflicting information and went to the burnt consulate ruins, which, though looted, held valuable clues to the truth. Her reporting revealed that there was not a demonstration and that it appeared to have been a planned attack that unfolded simultaneously from three sides. She discovered that U.S. diplomats had been warned by Libyan officials three days before the attack that the security situation in the city was out of their control. Though her reporting received harsh public criticism from the State Department at the time, the U.S. government’s own investigation later proved her reporting to be accurate in an episode that continues to reverberate politically. Damon also spoke to Libyans that tried to save the ambassador that night, shedding light on what happened to him during his final hours. While she was in Benghazi, demonstrations erupted against the militia believed to be responsible for the attack, and Damon further reported on the rise in extremism in the newly-liberated country. Her reporting provided additional valuable context about the milieu in which the consulate attack occurred.
Tags: Middle East; Libya; U.S. ambassador; Benghazi; militant group
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Cowboys of Kabul
US Protection and Investigations, a company owned by a Texas couple named Del and Barbara Spier, was, until recently, one of the largest security operations in Afghanistan. The company oversaw security of reconstruction projects but secured no-bid contracts, submitted false invoices, hired men from a notorious Afghan warlord, paid off militants and demonstrated many other corrupt actions. "The Cowboys of Kabul" details the actions of these and other corrupt contractors in America's war on terror.
Tags: USPI; Afghanistan; Spier; contractors; militants; fraud; security; contracts; military; private security;
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The Jihadi Trainer
Islamic militant Abu Omar was the trainer of the foreign fighters from the Arab World, Europe and North Africa to kill American troops in Iraq. The report explains his knowledge of building armor-piercing roadside bombs and use of the Internet to reach a larger audience.
Tags: Abu Musab al-Zaraqwi; jihad; Al Qeada;
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The Purge
"Christians in Iraq are being hunted, murdered, and driven from their homes in a wave of ethnic cleansing perhaps more brutal than any in the community's 2,000-year history. Before the U.S. invasion, Iraq was home to more than a million Christians- a small but thriving minority, which Saddam Hussein protected. Under the American occupation, Iraq's Christian community, one of the oldest in the world, has been driven towards extinction."
Tags: Iraq; ethnic; religion; Christianity; military; Islam; militants; Middle East
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Kingdom on the Brink
Following the kidnapping and beheading of Paul Johnson, CNN investigates terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia. By interviewing a number of different Saudis, from working class to the royal family, this investigation tells the story through the eyes of the people who live it. Despite language and security difficulties, the story looks at the changing world of the Saudis, Islam and how the royal family struggles to crack down on al Qaeda militants.
Tags: Saudi Arabia; Osama bin Laden; military; al Quaeda; Saudi royal family; Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Alsaud; Islam; September 11
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Trail of Terror
A NBC News Dateline investigation "exposed people in the United States suspected of helping finance and arm terrorists, including Osama bin Laden."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; terrorism; terrorists; Osama bin Laden; arms buyers; federal investigations; ATF; Islamic militant groups; FBI; terrorism links
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A call for "Holy War"
Since 1991, an Arabic magazine called "Assarat Al Mustaqeem" started publishing in Pittsburgh, distributing over 2,000 copies in the United States and some all over the world. The reporters uncovered ties between the magazine and other influential radical Muslim groups, and discovered the magazine to contain militant articles, advocating jihad and the killing of Jews.
Tags: jihad; terrorism; propaganda; militant Muslim; Islam
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What's wrong with EPA
Sanjour, former manager of the hazardous-waste office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), tells the story of the regulators' "cynicism and contempt for the public interest." EPA disdains environmentalist, and is soft on polluters, the author reveals. He finds that many poor and often minority communities have become sceptical of the agency's ability and desire to help them. The story looks at some groups that have turned into more militant and structured grass-root organizations in order to contest the handling of their concerns.
Tags: community; regulation; hazardous waste; minorities; environmental justice; toxic dumps; Superfund program; Clean Air Act; ombudsmen
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The Rule of the Row
Mother Jones examines " the battle ... over the future of Los Angeles' Skid Row," known as "the most depressing part" of the city. The story depicts the horrors and misery of the area, which "outsiders ... perceive ... as threatening, dangerous, lawless expanse," but which is also "posting an economic growth among the city's highest." The report sheds light on how "a new class of entrepreneurs has set up in the Row ... [and] the businesses have increasingly militated against the jobless." The story reveals that "everyone, from do-gooders to developers to City Hall, wants a piece of the action."
Tags: housing; minorities; drugs; alcohol; mental health; crime; charities; redevelopment; Bunker Hill; emergency shelters
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1994 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape.
The 1994 IRE TV Award Winners and Finalists Tape is a compilation of 5 stories. 1.) "Jihad In America," PBS, SAE Productions. For this network of extreme Islamic militants, Jihad is a holy war, an armed struggle to defeat non-believers and establish an Islamic empire in America. See # 10650. 2.) "Mercy or Money," Turning Point, ABC News. A year-long investigation into Americans profitting from the war in Bosnia. A woman who claims to run a charity but was she out to help the kids or help herself? The miracle of how some children were saved and the outrage over what happened to the rest. Including a five-year-old girl who lost her leg in a bombing, has bags under her eyes becuase she lies awake at night listening to gunfire. See #10962. 3.) "Toxic Testing," KCTA, St. Paul. In 1953, the Army secretely sprayed thousands of Americans with toxic chemicals, who nevr knew they were the subject of a nationwide experiment. See # 10646.
Tags: TAPE