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America Dissected

The 20 Year War with Zarlasht Halaimzai

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week, we commemorate the 20th anniversary of September 11. The securitization at home and the “war on terror” that followed fundamentally reshaped our country and those in which our country made war. War is the antithesis of public health. We speak with Zarlasht Halaimzai, an Afghan woman who founded the Refugee Trauma Initiative, which takes on the human fallout of violence and displacement, about the lasting consequences of America’s war on terror. Take Crooked's listener survey: crooked.com/survey For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.

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0:00.0

The leaders of the FDA and CDC pushed back on the Biden administration's recommendation

0:10.6

for a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, saying that they needed more time and more

0:14.3

data.

0:15.3

Meanwhile, two FDA officials resigned over the administration's recommendations.

0:19.6

In a five-to-four decision, Supreme Court voted not to stay a new Texas law banning abortions

0:24.1

at six weeks, posing a serious blow to Roe v Wade.

0:27.8

According to the secular family, owners of Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the makers of oxy-contin,

0:31.7

have reached a settlement, allowing them to face no liability and admit no wrongdoing

0:35.5

for their role in the opioid epidemic.

0:37.8

This is America Dissected.

0:38.8

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Walzayad.

0:42.0

I'll never forget where I was that day.

0:47.6

In chemistry class, junior year.

0:49.8

Someone had to come by our classroom and whispered something into our teacher's ear.

0:53.2

He immediately turned on the television in our class, just as the second plane hit the

0:56.5

tower.

0:57.5

Nearly 3,000 innocent Americans died that day in the worst attack on US soil since Pearl

1:02.5

Harbor.

1:03.5

It was a devastating moment for our country, and we remember and honor them.

1:08.2

I didn't know it at the time, but I was watching men driven by hate, attack my country in

1:12.6

the name of my faith.

1:14.2

Claiming an act of violence in the name of a faith, they didn't understand and by many

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