NASEER ARURI Aruri is chancellor professor emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and author of the book Dishonest Broker: The U.S. Role in Israel and Palestine. He said today: “The storming of the Jericho prison and kidnapping of Ahmed Saadat and his four colleagues by Israeli troops only 15 minutes…

AP is reporting that “the McClatchy Co. has reached a deal to buy Knight Ridder Inc., the second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher, for about $4.5 billion in cash and stock.” The following analysts are available for interviews: BEN H. BAGDIKIAN Author of the groundbreaking book The Media Monopoly and professor emeritus and former dean of the…

SELIG HARRISON Available for a limited number of interviews, Harrison is director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy and author of five books on nonproliferation and Asian affairs. He wrote recently: “The nuclear negotiations between Iran and the European Union were based on a bargain that the European Union, held back…

On Wednesday the House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up the Bush administration’s “emergency supplemental” request for approximately $70 billion more for war in Iraq and Afghanistan. MIKE FERNER JEFF LEYS Ferner is a Vietnam War veteran and author of the forthcoming book Inside the Red Zone: A Veteran for Peace Reports from Iraq.…

The Wall Street Journal published a story Monday featuring a graphic which noted that 51 percent of respondents in a recent national poll said yes when asked: “If the president didn’t tell the truth about the reasons for the Iraq war, should Congress consider impeachment?” In 1998, in contrast, 27 percent said yes to the…

A delegation of Iraqi women has recently arrived in the United States. Their visit is timed to coincide with International Women’s Day (March 8). FAIZA AL-ARAJI Amnesty International released a new report Monday, “Beyond Abu Ghraib: Detention and Torture in Iraq,” saying: “Thousands of detainees being held by the U.S.-led Multinational Force (MNF) in Iraq…

ANITA WEISS Co-editor of the book Power and Civil Society in Pakistan and professor of international studies at the University of Oregon, Weiss said today: “It’s not clear if the bombing of the Marriott hotel was to protest Bush’s visit or if it was more agitation over the cartoon issue, which is really a proxy…

MALALAI JOYA SONALI KOLHATKAR At 27, Joya is one of the youngest members of the Afghan Parliament. She arrived in the U.S. yesterday and will tour the country until March 24. Kolhatkar, co-director of the Afghan Women’s Mission, said today: “Joya first rose to international prominence in 2003 when she openly denounced the warlords at…

VINEETA GUPTA, M.D. Gupta is director of the Stop HIV/AIDS in India Initiative. She said today: “As a physician and human rights lawyer who worked in the slums and rural areas for 18 years, I want legal and policy changes that would make medicines more affordable and accessible to poor people, especially those suffering from…

White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley announced that, while in India, President Bush plans to participate in a “wreath-laying ceremony in honor of Mahatma Gandhi.” ARUN GANDHI Co-founder (with his wife, Sunanda Gandhi) of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Arun Gandhi said today: “India is seeking business from the U.S.; the U.S. wants…