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Woman Among Warlords

Malalai Joya and the Tale of 2 CNNs
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/10/30-1

Published on Friday, October 30, 2009 by AntiWar.com
Malalai Joya and the Tale of 2 CNNs
by Eric Garris

"The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan," Malalai Joya did two CNN interviews on Thursday. Joya is an elected member of the Afghanistan parliament who has been suspended for "insulting fellow members of parliament" in a television interview. She is articulate and firm in her position that the Western occupation is feeding the violence.

The first interview was broadcast on CNN (US). In the middle of the interview, as Joya made clear she opposed US occupation, interviewer Heidi Collins said "occupation would certainly be your word, a lot of people would take great issue with you calling the US presence in your country an ‘occupation'." Joya went on to defend her position as Collins' interrupted snidely. As Joya tried to respond to Collins, she was cut off.

Posted by Suza Francina on October 31, 2009 08:56 AM | | | Woman Among Warlords

Comments (6)

Democracy Now! which broadcasts only one hour per day, 5 days a week (as opposed to CNN's 24/7 hours), managed to have an in-depth, meaningful interview with Malalai Joya, on October 28, 2009.

You can view, or simply listen to it, at democracynow.org

Comment #1 Posted by: Suza | October 31, 2009 09:30 AM

I don't quite get this story. You say it is a tale of two CNN interviews? And you tell us about the bad first interview. But what about the second interview?

Comment #2 Posted by: ? | October 31, 2009 11:56 AM

If you click on the link at the top Suza's post it had video clips of both CNN interviews.

Comment #3 Posted by: Raymond | October 31, 2009 01:05 PM

Thanks, Raymond.

Yes, the second interview is underneath the video of the first one. It took place on CNN International. "Joya's anti-occupation position was highlighted up front and the interviewer was polite and respectful."

Comment #4 Posted by: Suza | October 31, 2009 03:54 PM

sending, Singing, a WORLD of Love, Malalai Joya!

Singing DOWN the Western Doctor/Lawyer/Gangster/Bangster/MediaMafia/Clergy/Science/PetroChemoDrugWarlord/Aerospace/Corporate/Military MONSTER PYRAMID ...

Comment #5 Posted by: millennium | October 31, 2009 04:54 PM

thanks for this, Suza! Cross-posted at ojaipeace.org

Comment #6 Posted by: evan austin | November 4, 2009 06:30 AM

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