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To the Point

More Middle East Violence; New Tactics in War on Terror

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment #1: Israel Launches Assault in Southern Lebanon after Soldiers' AbductionCalling Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers and the killing of seven more an "act of war," Israel today sent tanks, bombers and troops into Southern Lebanon, after Hezbollah captured two Israeli solders and killed seven more. In Washington today, Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon faulted Lebanon's government for its repeated pattern of attacks, followed by request for negotiations. Lamenting Israel's occupation of Gaza, Lebanon's ambassador to the US, Farid Abboud, suggested that the situation could have been avoided had Israel agreed to a requested prisoner exchange. At the United Nations, Kofi Annan condemned the Israeli action "without reservation." We update the action and the prospects for diplomacy. Segment #2 Changing Tactics in the War on TerrorIn 2002, President Bush signed an executive order saying the Geneva Conventions did not apply to suspects captured in the war on terror. Yesterday, after a US Supreme Court decision, the White House says they do after all. While there's disagreement about whether that really amounts to a change in policy, there's little dispute that other policies have changed, that what Time magazine calls a "muscular... unilateralist vision of US power" has been replaced by multilateral diplomacy and less confrontation. Reporter's Notebook: Petting Zoo and Popcorn Factory on Terrorist Target ListThe National Asset Database is the list of likely American targets in the war on terror. Indiana has more potential target than any other state--50% more than New York, twice as many as California. Included are Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn Factory and the Sweetwater Flea Market. It sounds like a joke, but that's the finding of the Department of Homeland Security's own inspector general, according to Eric Lipton of the New York Times.

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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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