Archive for December, 2007

Eric Margolis

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Sun National Media foreign correspondent Eric Margolis discusses the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, her legacy, the aftermath, the War on Terror, Nawaz Sharif, the overblown threat that the nukes will get loose and his advice to the War Party.

MP3 here. (45:23)

Award winning author, columnist, and broadcaster Eric S. Margolis has covered 14 wars and is a leading authority on military affairs, the Middle East, South Asia and Islamic movements.

Patrick Cockburn

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Independent discusses the assassination of Benhazir Bhutto in Pakistan, the problem of Islamists there, how terrorism works, and the situation between competing factions in Iraq as it stands in Iraq at the end of 2007.

MP3 here. (49:04)

Patrick Cockburn is the author of The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for best non-fiction book of 2006.