More Middle East Violence; New Tactics in War on Terror
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2006
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.6 | Another escalation of violence in the Middle East. |
| 0:14.3 | Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:18.4 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.1 | Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers. Israel calls it an act of war and sends tanks, |
| 0:26.6 | bombers, and soldiers into southern Lebanon. At the United Nations, Kofi Annan condemns the |
| 0:31.6 | Israeli action without reservation and demands return of the soldiers. On To the Point, we'll |
| 0:37.0 | update the action and the prospects for diplomacy. |
| 0:40.0 | Also today, foreign policy changes in the President's second term |
| 0:43.2 | is it a recognition of global reality or a new form of appeasement. |
| 0:47.8 | On reporter's notebook later on, a petting zoo and a popcorn factory |
| 0:51.7 | on the Department of Homeland Security's terrorist target list. |
| 0:56.0 | First, here's the news. |
| 0:59.7 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica |
| 1:04.1 | and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, |
| 1:07.2 | whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. |
| 1:10.5 | and Catherine T. MacArthur |
| 1:11.6 | Foundation. Hello again. Warren. I'll be back with To the Point. President Bush's foreign policy has a kinder, gentler look now than the unilateralism and preemption that highlighted his first term. On To the Point, is there a new recognition of global realities or a new form of appeasement. On reporter's notebook, does Indiana really have |
| 1:29.2 | twice as many potential danger zones as California? We'll hear about the Department of Homeland |
| 1:33.7 | Security's target list for potential terrorism. First, this news update, Israel sent tanks, bombers, |
| 1:40.4 | and troops into southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and |
| 1:45.2 | killed seven more. Dan Ifron is national security correspondent for Newsweek magazine. He joins us from |
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