Red Lines and Tipping Points
The US role in chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq War.
According to US President Barack Obama, Syriaâs alleged use of chemical weapons earlier this month crossed a red line. But a report in Foreign Policy magazine says the US actually helped Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein use chemical weapons against Iran in the â80s. We hear from one of the reportâs authors.
We also remember Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech and the historic civil rights march on Washington DC 50 years ago this week.
And call centre workers in the Philippines who live on âAmerican timeâ; and we speak to one of the photographers behind a new show at Bostonâs Museum of Fine Arts depicting the bedrooms of teenagers in the US and Middle East.
Picture: Soldier in a gas mask, Credit: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images
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