BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary --www.btlonline.org

Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions www.squeakywheel.net

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Between The Lines For The Week Ending April 20, 2007

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Listen to the RealAudio version of program: www.btlonline.org/btl042007.ram (Needs RealOne Player)

Listen to the MP3 version of program: www.btlonline.org/pub/btl042007v32.mp3 (Dialup connections: your browser must be set for streaming Fast connections: Your browser can be set for download/save to disk or streaming)

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

U.S. Accused of De Facto Complicity with Iraqi Death Squads and Ethnic Cleansing

Interview with anti-war activist Tom Hayden, conducted by Scott Harris

www.btlonline.org/hayden042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Pentagon Spends Nearly 40 Cents of Every U.S. Dollar

Interview with Pamela Schwartz, communications director with the National Priorities Project, conducted by Scott Harris

www.btlonline.org/schwartz042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish Citizens Battle Industrial Polluters in Flood Ravaged City

Interview with Anne Rolfes, founder of the Louisiana Bucket Bridgade, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

www.btlonline.org/rolfes042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ignited a political firestorm by suspending Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who had blocked Musharraf's effort to be re-elected, in a ruling that prohibited him from being president and military chief at the same.

An unfolding scandal puts $700 million of U.S. aid to Colombia at risk: An internal CIA report claims Colombia's army chief, Gen. Mario Montoya made a secret deal with a right-wing paramilitary group in 2002 to attack leftist rebels near Medellin, a nexus of the Latin American drug trade.

Democrats are seeking options to raise taxes fairly to pay off a ballooning deficit that could increase to $7.8 trillion if Bush tax cuts to wealthiest Americans are extended.

Realaudio: www.btlonline.org/news042007.ram

Text summary and related links: www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html

====================================

TO DONATE

Donate via our website mail-in form at www.squeakywheel.net/swpform06.html and send your donation to:

Squeaky Wheel Productions, Inc. P.O. Box 110176 Trumbull, CT 06611

***** Please note: If you would like your donation to be tax-deductible, please make your check out to our fiscal agent, The Center for Global Communications (or The Global Center) and send to the above address. We will send you a receipt. *****

====================================

AUDIO INFORMATION:

"Between The Lines" is a half-hour syndicated radio news magazine that each week features a summary of under-reported news stories and interviews with activists and journalists who offer progressive perspectives on international, national and regional political, economic and social issues. Because "Between The Lines" is independent of all publications, media networks or political parties, we are able to bring a diversity of voices to the airwaves generally ignored or marginalized by the major media. For more information on this week's topics and to check out our text archive listing topics and guests presented in previous programs visit: www.btlonline.org

Contact Scott Harris at (203) 268-8446 or email: betweenthelines-AT-snet.net for more information on how to subscribe via CD delivery, free MP3 download or Pacifica Radio Network satellite feed.

===================================

PRINT INFORMATION:

For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Q&A," which features a weekly "Between The Lines" inter-view transcript, email btlqa-subscribe-AT-lists.riseup.net

For an email subscription of "Between The Lines Weekly Summary," email btlsummary-subscribe-AT-lists.riseup.net

================================

**Please pass along these under-reported news stories and interviews to your friends and colleagues! **

================================

Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions
©2007 Between The Lines. All Rights Reserved.