Talk Nation Radio for February 3, 2011 CT Guard Troops to Egypt, Phyllis Bennis, John Pike of Global Security
-Plus interview with Col. John Whitford of the Connecticut National Guard. He discusses the deployment of US troops to Egypt for reconnaissance and resupply missions. They are based in Egypt and will join guard members from other states.
We get Updates on Egypt, Israel and Palestine. John Pike of Global Security dot org talks about the US Militaryâs joint operations with Egypt over the years. We go over the headlines.
TRT: 29:24 Produced by Dori Smith in Storrs, CT Download at Pacificaâs Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org
Weâll also go over some of the latest revelations from Wikilieaks about Israel and Palestine in context with protests in various countries with Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. Sheâs a Steering Committee member of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies as well as the director of the New Internationalism Project. Her most recent books include Understanding the Palestinian Israeli Conflict, and Understanding the US-Iran Crisis. See Palestine Papers at Al Jazeera here.