BBC
World Service hosts special debate on Iraq crisis
The
BBC World Service is broadcasting a special debate on issues relating
to the Iraq crisis at 11.00am today (Wednesday 19 November). The
programme is repeated at 7.00pm.
The
programme is hosted by Lyse Doucet. The panellists are:
John
Bolton, United States Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control
and International Security;
Mudhassar Adhami, leading member of the Iraqi Parliament;
Michael Quinlan, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence
in the UK during the first Gulf War;
Dr Hussain Shahristani, once one of Saddam Hussein's chief nuclear
scientists and now an Iraqi dissident;
Olivier Todd, a social commentator, writer and journalist;
Faleh Jabar, Iraqi academic at London University;
Dr Mai Yamani, a Saudi academic.
The
programme can be heard on 648 MW in south-east England and on Channel
865 on the Sky Electronic Programme Guide.
Notes
to Editors
In
the UK, World Service is available on 648 MW in south-east England.
In addition, overnight on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio
Ulster and via digital radio, digital satellite and the Internet.
Outside
the UK, BBC World Service is available on shortwave; on FM in more
than 135 capital cities; and selected programmes are carried on
almost 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world.
High
quality reception of World Service programmes is available via satellite
in Europe and North America.
It
can be heard on the BBC's digital multiplex in the UK or in Europe
on the Astra satellite, channel 865.
The
BBC World Service website
contains extensive, interactive news services available in English,
Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish with audiostreaming available
in 43 languages.
It
also contains detailed information about World Service broadcasts,
schedules and frequencies in all languages.
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