-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- from: http://www.nukefix.org/audio.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.nukefix.org/audio.html">Real Audio Nuclear Story</A> ----- Much more at site. Om K ----- THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STORY Your Audio Directory, the Results of a Human Search Engine Here you can listen to programs from National Public Radio (NPR) that relate to the nuclear weapons problem. The index is in descending chronological order. For each date, the first link accesses program summaries at NPR. Click on the second (and subsequent links) to listen to the audio from NPR. The Nukefix audio pages are divided into three sections to cover the years 1996-1999: Audio for 1999, Audio for 1998, and Audio for 1996-7. On these pages, you can use the control F (Find) on your browser to quickly find reports [e.g., search "Yeltsin", "Korea", "India", "Pakistan", "Israel", "Russia", "Taiwan", "nuclear", "NATO," et cetera, or "Chin" (case sensitive, for China or Chinese). ] All stories require a sound card and the Real Audio player (which is free). With these you can hear programs from the NPR web site as they were originally transmitted. If you have never used Real Audio before please note that you usually will not need the latest browser. Netscape 2.01, for example, is usually sufficient. Also you can typically continue opening other web pages while listening to the audio (the audio may pause while doing this, but that is usually perfectly ok). Observe that the audio is copyrighted and the property of National Public Radio. Additional copyrights may also apply. The text comes from summaries that NPR provides at its web site. NPR is not in any way connected with or affiliated with nukefix, or views expressed on this web site. August 1999 August 23, 1999, All Things Considered Russia - Dagestan -- In a report filed for the BBC, Robert Parsons reports Islamic rebels in Dagestan say they've pulled out of a district in southern Russia. But the rebels also say the fight is far from over. The Russians have subjected the rebels to a barrage of fire mostly from the air, in the heaviest fighting in Russia since the end of the Chechnya war. (1:30) August 19, 1999, All Things Considered Money Laundering -- Noah speaks with Raymond Bonner, an investigative correspondent for the New York Times, about how billions of dollars is believed to have been laundered through the Bank of New York for Russian gangsters. He says it's one of the biggest money laundering operations ever discovered in the US. (4:30) Russia - Dagestan -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that Russia is about to increase the intensity of attacks against Islamic militants in the Caucasus. This time the Russian military is up against rebels in Dagestan (DAH-geh-stahn), a region that shares a border with Chechnya. Some in Russia fear that the military is making the same mistakes it made three years ago in Chechnya and earlier in Afghanistan. (4:30) August 18, 1999, All Things Considered Nuclear Espionage Aftermath -- NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the Los Alamos espionage investigation may do more damage to America's scientific community than the spying itself did to national security. (3:00) August 17, 1999, All Things Considered Primakov -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that a former prime minister shook up Russian politics today when he joined a powerful centrist alliance. Yevgeny Primakov, who was fired by president Boris Yeltsin in May, said he's become a member of the Fatherland-All Russia bloc. The alliance could take control of parliament away from the Communists and nationalists, and it could field a strong contender in next summer's presidential election. (3:30) August 16, 1999, All Things Considered Russsia - Putin Approved -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the Russian Parliament's confirmation of Russia's fifth Prime Minister in a year and a half. Vladimir Putin, a 46 year-old former KGB intelligence agent, was confirmed as President Yeltsin's latest head of government after a quick and business-like hearing. The Duma, or parliament, opted for stability and continuity rather than challenging the Russian president and risking a dissolution of the chamber before this fall's parliamentary elections. (4:00) August 13, 1999, All Things Considered China Tension -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports on renewed US-Chinese tensions in the wake of Taiwan's demands that it be treated as an equal international entity in its negotiations over reunification with China. Chinese government officials have warned the US that Beijing might take military action to punish Taiwan for taking an action it sees as a move toward declaring independence. The US has responded to the Chinese, warning of US retaliation if China attacks Taiwan militarily. (4:00) August 12, 1999, All Things Considered Japan - N. Korea -- NPR's Eric Weiner reports from Tokyo that Japan is using economic pressure to try to stop North Korea from test-firing another long-range missile. Japan plans to cut off the flow of money from North Koreans living in Japan back to their homeland. A North Korean missile launch last year greatly increased tensions throughout northeast Asia. That missile flew over Japan and came down in the Pacific Ocean. (3:45) Russian Politics -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that the flare-up of fighting this week in Russia's Caucasus region has overshadowed political instability in the capital. Nevertheless, the maneuvering continues following President Yeltsin's decision to fire his latest prime minister on Monday. The balance of political forces seems to be shifting as the country prepares for parliamentary elections in December. A new alliance forged by the mayor of Moscow and regional governors is gathering steam, and opponents of President Yeltsin worry that he and his newly named prime minister might take extraordinary measures to stop it. (4:00) Corruption as Corrective -- Traveling through the Ukraine, Commentator Jeffrey Tayler encountered a series of "shakedowns" by officials who forced him to buy stamps and passes and insurance he didn't need. He notes that this corruption is endemic in the former Soviet Union, where low or non-existent pay turns minor government officials into petty extortionists. (3:30) August 10, 1999 , All Things Considered India - Pakistan -- Richard Galpin reports from Islamabad that India today shot down a Pakistani surveillance plane in the latest incident between the two hostile neighbors. Each country claims the plane was shot down over its territory. Pakistan's foreign minister says the aircraft was on a training mission at the time and that Pakistan reserves "the right to make an appropriate response in self-defense." But India says its fighters shot down the aircraft when it violated Indian airspace and failed to respond to warnings. Sixteen servicemen aboard the plane are reported to have been killed. (3:00) Russia - Dagestan -- Guy Chazan reports from Moscow that Islamic militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan have declared independence and called for a holy war against Russian occupation. They issued the declaration as Russian forces deployed fighter jets, helicopter gunships and heavy artillery to recapture villages seized by the rebels over the weekend. Russia's newly-appointed acting prime minister Vladimir Putin has vowed to quell the unrest. (3:00) Dagestan Primer -- Linda speaks with Ronald Wixman, University of Oregon Geography Professor and author of "Language Aspects of Ethnic Patterns and Processes in the North Caucasus," about the history of the conflict in Dagestan. Wixman says the region is very mountainous, and has strong ties to Chechnya, another republic that has been a thorn in the side of the Russian government. (5:00) August 9, 1999 , All Things Considered Russia - Shakeup -- David McGuffin reports from Moscow that Russian President Boris Yeltsin abruptly fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin today and replaced him with intelligence service chief Vladimir Putin. If approved by lawmakers, Putin will become the fifth Russian prime minister in the last year and a half. Duma deputies are likely to approve the nomination, avoiding a confrontation with the Kremlin as they prepare for upcoming parliamentary elections. Yeltsin did not say why he fired Stepashin, but endorsed Putin as his successor for the presidency. (3:30) Russia - What's Going On? -- Linda speaks with Masha Lipman, Deputy Editor of the Russian news magazine Itogi in Moscow, about the shakeup of the Russian cabinet, and what it means. (5:00) Russia - Analysis -- NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says the frequent firings of his cabinet are Boris Yeltsin's way of creating security for himself at the expense of stability for his nation. (3:00) Plutonium Contamination -- NPR's John Nielsen reports on allegations published in the Washington Post that thousands of nuclear plant workers in western Kentucky were exposed to harmful plutonium radiation without their knowledge. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson says the Department of Energy will look into the charges. He has ordered a medical review of workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion plant and a study of workers' medical records since the 1950's. His order follows the newspaper's report that workers were misled into thinking they were working only with less harmful uranium. Some workers are suing the plant. (4:30) Paducah Reactions -- Linda speaks with Eddie Leigh, owner of Leigh's Barbecue in West Paducah, Kentucky, which is a few miles from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion nuclear plant. They talk about the local reaction to the charges that workers there were exposed to high amounts of radiation. Mr. Leigh explains that his customers, some of whom work at the plant, don't have any hard facts yet. (3:30) August 6, 1999, All Things Considered Hiroshima -- On this day in 1945, the U-S used the first atomic weapon against Japan -- with the bombing of the city of Hiroshima. We hear two contemporaneous radio reports from the day -- one from the BBC and one from CBS. (2:00) August 5, 1999, All Things Considered Nuclear Espionage -- NPR's Barbara Bradley reports that two key Senators accuse federal investigators of botching the probe into possible espionage at US nuclear weapons labs. Republican Senator Fred Thompson and Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman say investigators were too quick to narrow down the suspect list to Taiwanese-American scientist Wen Ho Lee. The report also describes communications lapses and other missteps. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson says he agrees with some of the criticisms--but does not agree that investigators focused too quickly on Lee. Lee is expected to be indicted, but on charges of mishandling classified material, not espionage. (4:30) India Population -- Robert and Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division for the United Nations talk about India's reaching of a population of one billion. UN Population division can be found on the Internet at www.popin.org/India. (4:30) Asia - Peace -- Claire Doole reports from Geneva that the U.S, China and both North and South Korea today began a sixth round of talks on bringing lasting peace to the divided peninsula. The atmosphere for the talks has been undermined by North Korean threats to test-fire a ballistic missile, believed capable of reaching parts of the United States. The U.S, South Korea and Japan have warned the North that there would be a price to pay for launching such a missile. (2:00) August 2, 1999, All Things Considered Japan - Korea -- Linda speaks with Paul Bracken, author of "Fire in the East: The Rise of Asian Military Power in the Second Nuclear Age," and Professor of Management and Political Science at Yale University. They discuss Japan's moves to beef up it's military in response to Korea's missile testing and China's tensions with Taiwan. (5:00) July 1999 July 26, 1999, All Things Considered Russia - China -- NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the American government's relationships with China and Russia demonstrate a change in the nature of power among nations. (2:30) July 22, 1999, All Things Considered China Embassy Bombing -- [This is little known and very interesting report.] NPR's Ted Clark reports that CIA director George Tenent told a Congressional subcommittee that the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade that was bombed by the US was the lone target selected by the CIA. The error was discovered by a CIA agent who tried to call NATO bombing command to take the target off the list but the planes were already in the air. (3:30) Japan - Flag & Anthem -- Eric Weiner reports that Japan's lower house of parliament today passed a bill making the country's flag and national anthem official. The formal recognition of these two symbols---holdovers from World War II -- has sparked a debate between Japan's many pacifists and its small but growing number of nationalists. One high-school principle was so torn over the issue he committed suicide. (4:30) Pentagon Spending -- NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on accusations that the Pentagon has spent millions of dollars on programs that Congress did not approve. The congressional report says, for example, that the Air Force tried to buy an 800-million dollar communications satellite that was not authorized. Defense Secretary William Cohen acknowledged today that the Pentagon has made mistakes. But Cohen says the department is running so many programs that the significant point is how much is being done right. He says the report points to only a handful of problem items. (4:00) July 21, 1999, All Things Considered Russian Media -- From Moscow, Michele Keleman reports on Russia's bruising media wars. The good news is that the days of state-controlled media and censorship are buried in the ash-heap of Soviet Communism. The bad news is that the ideal of independent and objective media is still only that -- an ideal. In its place are large stations and networks, run by the oligarchs, at times allied with the Kremlin, and willing to use the airwaves, and their power and influence to defame, trash and otherwise seriously disrespect one another. (4:30) Taiwan - China -- Administration officials are traveling to Taiwan today to encourage a continued peaceful dialog with China. But President Clinton has delayed a visit by US military officers to Taiwan, in an effort not to heighten tensions. Robert speaks with David Shambaugh, Director of the China Policy program at George Washington University, and Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies program at the Brookings Institution, about the US stance toward negotiations between China and Taiwan. (4:30) July 16, 1999, All Things Considered Cheating Power Plants -- NPR's John Nielsen reports on a new investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency into reports that electric power plants are emitting more pollutants than permitted. The plants have disguised the extra pollution as the result of maintenance work, according to the EPA. The amount of extra nitrogen oxide is said to be significant, and contributes to smog and health-threatening air pollution. (3:00) July 15, 1999, All Things Considered China - Neutron Bomb -- NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing on the unusual announcement from the usually hyper-secretive Chinese government that it has the ability to make a neutron bomb. Beijing says it made the announcement to defend itself against US charges that it stole nuclear secrets. In fact, according to the Chinese, Chinese scientists had the technology years ago. Observers speculate that the announcement probably represents a bit of saber-rattling amidst increase tensions with Taiwan. (3:30) July 14, 1999, All Things Considered Iran -- Robert speaks with Shaul Bakhash, Professor of Middle East History at George Mason University in Virginia, about the series of protests in Iran over the past six days. Thousands of hard-line demonstrators marched today in Tehran, in response to the pro-democracy demonstrations which eventually turned into violent clashes with police. (4:00) July 13, 1999, All Things Considered Iran -- Linda speaks with Geneive Abdo, Tehran Correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, about violence between police and thousands of protesters today in Iran. Government security forces and armed Islamic vigilantes have taken control of central Tehran, in the wake of the clash. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says what began days ago as a peaceful protest became a riot led by people with "evil aims," and the violence threatens national security and the policies of his reformist government. (4:00) July 12, 1999, All Things Considered Iran - Protests -- Robert speaks to Geneive Abdo, a correspondent for the Guardian, who joins us by phone from Tehran. She talks about the violence which erupted today between police and protesters in Iran. President Khatami called for a peaceful end to the five days of pro-democracy protests. (4:30) July 12, 1999, All Things Considered China - Soccer -- NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing about the enormous interest in tomorrow's Women's World Cup soccer final between the US and China. China has long cheered its sports victories as a reflection of the nation's glory, and in light of the soured Sino-US. relations, a victory tomorrow would be especially sweet. Many Chinese are still seething over what NATO says its mistaken bombing of Beijing's Belgrade embassy in May, and see this match as an opportunity to kick the US around are restore some national pride. (4:00) July 7, 1999, All Things Considered Kashmir -- NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from the capital of Kashmir on the latest conflict between Pakistan and India over control of the region. Kashmiris had been hoping for peace and better times ahead. But when Pakistani-backed rebels moved into the Indian-controlled part of the region, it prompted fierce fighting that has left hundreds dead in the past two weeks. Despite a pledge by Pakistan to withdraw the rebels, India says it has yet to see any sign of a withdrawl. Meanwhile, ordinary Kashmiris are once again caught in the cross-fire of the decades-old dispute between India and Pakistan for control of Kashmir. (7:00) July 6, 1999, All Things Considered Russians - Airport -- NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the main contingent of Russian peacekeepers began to arrive at the Pristina airport today. Their deployment follows resolution of the latest disputes between Russia and NATO over the terms of Russia's participation in the international force in Kosovo. The Russians wanted to expand their areas of operation in the province, and balked at NATO's demand that Russian troops serve under nominal control of NATO commanders. But the terms of the Russian deployment, it seems, will be the same as those agreed on three weeks ago in Helsinki. (3:30) July 5, 1999, All Things Considered Russia -- David McGuffin reports a new agreement was reached between NATO and Russia on how and where Russian troops will participate in keeping the peace in Kosovo. Russia had sought to redefine the agreement reached on Kosovo peacekeeping at Helsinki last month. That had prompted Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria to close their airspace to Russian military flights seeking to bring peacekeeping troops into Kosovo. Today's agreement will lift the flight ban and allow Russia to begin deploying its force of 3,500 peacekeepers who will work alongside NATO peacekeeping troops. {2:30} July 2, 1999, All Things Considered WAR GAMES -- NPR's John McChesney reports that computer war games have become so realistic that the networks used them to supplement coverage of the Yugoslavia bombing campaign. Combat simulation games use data from Jane' Information, which publishes specifications for every modern weapon. (5:00) July 1, 1999, All Things Considered Russian Military -- NPR's Tom Gjelten reports on the latest examples of Russian military assertiveness. US officials said today that Russian military officers are still resisting putting their troops under NATO control in Kosovo. Also today, US officials acknowledged Russian forces conducted a provocative military exercise near Norway without notifying NATO governments. (4:30) June 1999 June 30, 1999, All Things Considered KOSOVO WAR CRIMES - NPR's Mike Shuster reports international investigators are overwhelmed by the extent of war crimes they are uncovering throughout Kosovo. In village after village, bodies of Kosovar Albanians protrude from hastily dug graves. Many bodies have been dumped in wells. Although Serb forces have retreated, the devastation they left makes it extremely difficult for the traumatized survivors to pick up their lives. The War Crimes tribunal in the Hague, its resources stretched thin, will probably be able to investigate only a small fraction of the crimes committed. (12:30) June 29, 1999, All Things Considered Russia - Science -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from the town of Pushchino, south of Moscow, on the precarious state of Russia's scientific establishment. Funding cutbacks have meant the collapse of the Soviet network of research institutes. As a result, many Russian scientists have sought opportunities in the West. Those who remain have had to learn the fine art of writing grant proposals to seek funding abroad. (6:00) Thinkers Think -- NPR's Margot Adler reports on the schools of intellectual thought on US foreign policy. One group, termed by some as "liberal hawks" -- combining the values of traditional "liberal doves" with "conservative hawks" -- have argued for a more forceful American presence in the Balkans, and advocated NATO action against Yugoslavia. They currently seem to have an upper hand over those taking a more anti-NATO position in influencing policy makers. (12:30) June 28, 1999, All Things Considered KosovoBattle Anniversary -- NPR's Andy Bowers reports from an ancient battlefield outside Pristina that few Serbs turned out for this year's anniversary commemoration of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo. The presence of NATO peacekeepers was not enough to reassure Serbs that it was safe to attend today's church service on the battlefield, which was led by the Serbian Orthodox Patriarch. The clerics decried the exodus of Serbs from Kosovo and again called on Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to step down. (4:00) June 25, 1999, All Things Considered KASHMIR DISPUTE -- NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from New Delhi on growing concern that the fighting in Kashmir could erupt into another full-scale war between India and Pakistan. So far, India has shown relative restraint in moving against infiltrators it says are backed by Pakistan. Indian troops have not crossed into Pakistani territory. But analysts say the Indian military wants to crack down harder on the intruders. Pakistan denies any involvement in the conflict, insisting that the anti-Indian forces are local freedom fighters seeking to end Indian rule in mainly Muslim Kashmir. (5:00) RUSSIA - KOSOVO -- NPR's Michele Kelemen reports from Moscow that the upper house of the Russian parliament today approved the deployment of 36-hundred troops to join NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo. The troops could move in as early Monday. Lawmakers agreed that Russia's failure to participate in the Kosovo mission would have been humiliating. Russian troops were been standing by to enter Kosovo -- even before 200 soldiers from Russia's Bosnia mission entered Pristina ahead of NATO forces. (3:00) June 23, 1999, All Things Considered Oswald -- NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the KGB file on Lee Harvey Oswald -- the man arrested for the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- will shed little light on the slaying. Russian President Boris Yeltsin turned the file over to President Clinton earlier this week. Oswald defected to the Soviet Union in 1959, attracting the attention of the KGB, which suspected Oswald was an American spy. But Oswald returned to the US in 1962, and was later named by the Warren Commission as the sole gunman in the assassination. (3:00) June 22, 1999, All Things Considered Nuclear Security -- NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on today's Senate hearing on nuclear lab security, in which members of four Senate committees participated. The hearing comes in the wake of a report by President Clinton's intelligence advisory board, which urged the creation of an independent nuclear weapons agency. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson argued that creating an independent agency would be the wrong way to deal with the issue. (4:00) June 14, 1999, All Things Considered Russia's Role -- NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that Russia is unwilling to wait for NATO to assign it a role in the Kosovo peace keeping force. (3:00) Pentagon -- We hear an update on the military deployment from NPR's Steve Inskeep at the Pentagon. Though the commander of K-For, the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo, says that deployment is going largely according to schedule, it appears that Allied troops are moving more slowly than planned. The unplanned entry of Russian peace keepers is another complication. British and German troops have both encountered hostility from armed Serbs. Two German journalists were killed and other reporters say they have been fired on as well. (4:00) --[much more at site]-- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
