http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/abu 2008-10-10T18:50:00Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56357-democracy-now-headlines-tues-oct-7-2008 2008-10-10T18:50:00Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1QKwFqJX2Nk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1QKwFqJX2Nk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56357-democracy-now-headlines-tues-oct-7-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68538" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Today's Headlines</p> <p> * Fed Mulls New Financial Rescue as Markets Plunge <br /> * Aides: McCain Seeks to Avoid Economy Talk <br /> * McCain Sat on Board of Group Linked to Central American Death Squads <br /> * McCain Would Cut $1.3 Trillion from Medicare, Medicaid <br /> * Lehman Bros. CEO Defends Exec Payments <br /> * Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Troy Davis Appeal <br /> * Mumia Abu-Jamal Denied New Trial <br /> * 7-Year Anniversary of US Invasion of Afghanistan</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56357-democracy-now-headlines-tues-oct-7-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/54458-abu-dhabi-bucking-economic-downturn-24-sep-08 2008-09-29T02:49:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGtruJVW5LU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EGtruJVW5LU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/54458-abu-dhabi-bucking-economic-downturn-24-sep-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/66078" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>While the United States staggers through a financial crisis, the contrast couldn't be bigger in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. </p> <p>It's now building the first ever branch of the Louvre on a man-made island, paying $520 million to the French museum for the right to use its name.</p> <p>A New York landmark is also now owned by Abu Dhabi. It spent $800 million buying a 75 per cent stake in the Chrysler Building back in July.</p> <p>And three weeks ago, it forked out around $370 million for a 90 per cent stake in English football club, Manchester City.</p> <p>From Abu Dhabi, Hashem Ahelbarra reports on the economy bucking the global trend.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/54458-abu-dhabi-bucking-economic-downturn-24-sep-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47438-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-2 2008-08-05T00:44:44Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aA6OQolVRyE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aA6OQolVRyE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47438-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56256" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sulu, the most dangerous part of the Philippines where guns are part of the culture.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47438-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47437-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-1 2008-08-05T02:44:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dkIK-FAlLu4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dkIK-FAlLu4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47437-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/56255" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sulu, the most dangerous part of the Philippines where guns are part of the culture.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47437-people-and-power-gun-culture-29-july-08-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47011-democracy-now-headlines-thurs-july-24-2008 2008-08-07T16:56:48Z I Want Democracy Now <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YXaCG6vSgKo&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YXaCG6vSgKo&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47011-democracy-now-headlines-thurs-july-24-2008"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/55585" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Today's Headlines</p> </div> <a href="/blog/47011-democracy-now-headlines-thurs-july-24-2008">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/37581-mir-whitewashing-gitmo 2008-06-11T12:38:35Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AwuBiPe7nYU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AwuBiPe7nYU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/37581-mir-whitewashing-gitmo"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/42360" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera cameraman, Sami Al Hajj, was released from the US Navy prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Many experts believe that there are striking similarities between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. <br />Why was Al Hajj released? And is there a cover up?</p> <p>Answers to these questions and more on Link TV's Mosaic Intelligence Report.</p> <p>For more info, go to <a href="http://www.linktv.org/mosaic">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/37581-mir-whitewashing-gitmo">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34718-headzup-bush-on-john-yoo-s-torture-memo 2008-10-10T09:45:55Z headzup <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkHNcgNI1fY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hkHNcgNI1fY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34718-headzup-bush-on-john-yoo-s-torture-memo"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37894" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>George Bush is asked about the release of John Yoo's torture memo.</p> <p>Read more about it here-- <br />http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/02/yoo/index.html</p> <p>Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at <a href="http://www.headzup.tv">www.headzup.tv</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/34718-headzup-bush-on-john-yoo-s-torture-memo">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30589-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-2 2008-06-06T21:30:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4c3suC6-bzw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4c3suC6-bzw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30589-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32966" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FPS hosts a special screening of Jordan's first feature film in 50 years, 'Captain Abu Raed', with director Amin Matalqa and lead actor Nadim Sawalha.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30589-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30588-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-1 2008-06-06T21:30:38Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vSAWddo3_ec&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vSAWddo3_ec&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30588-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32965" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>FPS hosts a special screening of Jordan's first feature film in 50 years, 'Captain Abu Raed', with director Amin Matalqa and lead actor Nadim Sawalha.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30588-the-fabulous-picture-show-captain-abu-raed-23-feb-08-pt-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26311-palestinians-break-out-of-gaza 2008-06-12T03:30:29Z The Real News <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgEBOEZg7mk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dgEBOEZg7mk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26311-palestinians-break-out-of-gaza"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28313" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://therealnews.com/c.php?c=070926YT">therealnews.com</a> <br />Saud Abu Ramadan: The situation in Gaza is unbearable</p> <p>Thursday January 24th, 2008 <br />Saud Abu Ramadan is an independent palestinian journalist based in Gaza.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26311-palestinians-break-out-of-gaza">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24840-bush-sells-arms-to-home-of-41-of-foreign-fighters-in-iraq 2008-10-10T18:43:31Z Mugsy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/soy__caP7aY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/soy__caP7aY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24840-bush-sells-arms-to-home-of-41-of-foreign-fighters-in-iraq"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/31778" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>President Bush announces a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia, home to 41% of foreign fighters in Iraq and a leading financier of al Qaeda. Included is a look at the countries' continuing misogynistic (mis)treatment of women as a permanent underclass.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/24840-bush-sells-arms-to-home-of-41-of-foreign-fighters-in-iraq">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24112-first-steps-to-peace 2008-06-12T03:31:59Z RFDBlog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5VCdfOSfmGE&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5VCdfOSfmGE&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/24112-first-steps-to-peace"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/26122" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/24112-first-steps-to-peace">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16957-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-2 2008-06-15T09:33:22Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ahcBGiw3C4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ahcBGiw3C4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16957-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16685" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East looks at the human rights record of Indonesia's anti-terror police unit BRIMOB.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16957-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16956-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-1 2008-06-15T09:33:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1_uAbI-JBQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1_uAbI-JBQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16956-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/16684" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>101 East looks at the human rights record of Indonesia's anti-terror police unit BRIMOB.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16956-101-east-brimob-25-october-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14683-cpt-with-the-militias 2008-10-10T18:21:00Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZ2XoSMUco4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iZ2XoSMUco4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14683-cpt-with-the-militias"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14600" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>US Army Captain explains who the 'freedom fighters' are and why they join the Americans</p> </div> <a href="/blog/14683-cpt-with-the-militias">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14682-it-was-the-fallahat 2008-10-10T18:21:00Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VnQeKyQ2CaQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VnQeKyQ2CaQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14682-it-was-the-fallahat"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14599" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Shia refugees identify the tribes that killed their families and ran them out of Taji. . . the same groups the US now works with.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/14682-it-was-the-fallahat">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14681-shia-refugees 2008-10-10T18:21:00Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XDxL6OgoMeU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XDxL6OgoMeU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14681-shia-refugees"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14598" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We found the displaced Shia families from Fallahat, in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Baghdad</p> </div> <a href="/blog/14681-shia-refugees">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/14680-conditions-in-the-refugee-camp 2008-10-10T18:21:00Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JB1eaTzfOs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JB1eaTzfOs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/14680-conditions-in-the-refugee-camp"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/14597" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The refugee camp has no water, no doctors or schools, no work and no hope of returning home any time soon.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/14680-conditions-in-the-refugee-camp">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12930-abu-sayyaf-fighters-speak-out-17-september-07 2008-08-18T12:34:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wToFtiJnji0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wToFtiJnji0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12930-abu-sayyaf-fighters-speak-out-17-september-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13006" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Philippines's military has been engaged in long-running offensive against the Abu Sayyaf, a group responsible for numerous killings in the south of the Philippines.</p> <p>Al Jazeera' Marga Ortigas met former Abu Sayyaf fighters who are trying to distance themselves from the group's acitvities.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12930-abu-sayyaf-fighters-speak-out-17-september-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12484-hillary-wins 2008-06-11T21:31:14Z Citizen Mike Logan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cEjA2Jg1pC8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cEjA2Jg1pC8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12484-hillary-wins"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12586" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>See Hillary kick some ass!</p> </div> <a href="/blog/12484-hillary-wins">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/11671-philippine-troops-prepare-for-offensive 2008-06-17T09:31:12Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h7aMuwyHJmw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h7aMuwyHJmw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/11671-philippine-troops-prepare-for-offensive"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11780" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa reports from a staging area on the southern island of Basilan as thousands of marines are preparing to go to battle against the Abu Sayyaf.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/11671-philippine-troops-prepare-for-offensive">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7073-riz-khan-jordan-adnan-abu-odeh-14-may-07 2008-09-08T12:52:26Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qVjMQZ-J7uM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qVjMQZ-J7uM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7073-riz-khan-jordan-adnan-abu-odeh-14-may-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6353" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Riz speaks with a man who has advised the kings of Jordan for many years</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7073-riz-khan-jordan-adnan-abu-odeh-14-may-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6832-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-1 2008-06-06T21:30:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWujRE1Tq_E&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IWujRE1Tq_E&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6832-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6112" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh talks to Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6832-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6833-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-2 2008-06-06T21:30:55Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8151QFD3Ke0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8151QFD3Ke0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6833-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6113" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh talks to Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6833-talk-to-jazeera-mahmoud-abbas-30-may-07-part-2">Watch the video</a>