Religious Leaders Debate War against Iraq

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President Bush has worked hard to get the House and Senate to support him on the question of Iraq, in the hopes that a unified Congress will help him influence the rest of the country. Bush has given several speeches recently in his attempt to build a case for a -just war- against Saddam Hussein. Yet, as within the general public, religious leaders are divided over such a war. How do Southern California-s religious leaders see the debate, and what are they hearing from their congregations? We hear more about the doctrines of peace and realities of war from leaders of Southern California-s Jewish and Muslim community and the co-founder of an interfaith coalition dedicated to justice and peace. Managing Editor Kyle McKinnon guest hosts. Newsmaker: Redondo Beach Police Officer Mistakenly Shoots Man Police have identified the man who was shot dead Sunday by a Redondo Beach police officer that apparently thought he was using a bean bag gun to disable the man. Larry Altman of the Daily Breeze says that details are sketchy in the tragic incident that began with a routine stop of a car that had been involved in a hit-and-run accident earlier in the day and ended with the death of transient Nathan Lee Rossbach. Reporter-s Notebook: Surf and Science Draw Nobel Laureates to La Jolla Sydney Brenner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Tuesday. Brenner lives in La Jolla, which is currently home to nine Nobel laureates. A dozen others have lived there in the past. Rex Dalton, West Coast correspondent for the scientific journal, Nature, credits an intoxicating chemistry of beauty and intellectual stimulation for La Jolla-s high concentration of laureates.
President Bush has worked hard to get the House and Senate to support him on the question of Iraq, in the hopes that a unified Congress will help him influence the rest of the country. Bush has given several speeches recently in his attempt to build a case for a -just war- against Saddam Hussein. Yet, as within the general public, religious leaders are divided over such a war. How do Southern California-s religious leaders see the debate, and what are they hearing from their congregations? We hear more about the doctrines of peace and realities of war from leaders of Southern California-s Jewish and Muslim community and the co-founder of an interfaith coalition dedicated to justice and peace.
Managing Editor Kyle McKinnon guest hosts.
  • Newsmaker: Redondo Beach Police Officer Mistakenly Shoots Man
    Police have identified the man who was shot dead Sunday by a Redondo Beach police officer that apparently thought he was using a bean bag gun to disable the man. Larry Altman of the Daily Breeze says that details are sketchy in the tragic incident that began with a routine stop of a car that had been involved in a hit-and-run accident earlier in the day and ended with the death of transient Nathan Lee Rossbach.
  • Reporter-s Notebook: Surf and Science Draw Nobel Laureates to La Jolla
    Sydney Brenner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Tuesday. Brenner lives in La Jolla, which is currently home to nine Nobel laureates. A dozen others have lived there in the past. Rex Dalton, West Coast correspondent for the scientific journal, Nature, credits an intoxicating chemistry of beauty and intellectual stimulation for La Jolla-s high concentration of laureates.

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton