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Re: “Is the Iraq War Legal?” Town Hall Meeting with Scott Ritter, Elizabeth De la Vega, and Iraq Veterans Against the War

Join our knowledgeable panel for a discussion on the
legal issues surrounding the invasion and continued
occupation of Iraq and the disinformation campaign
targeting the American public, leading up to it.
You've got questions and they can provide answers.

Scott Ritter

Chief United Nations Weapons Inspector, Iraq 1991-1998

former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer; author of
many books including Iraq Confidential: The Untold
Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the
UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein

Elizabeth De la Vega

retired Federal Prosecutor

author of United States v. George W. Bush et al.,
centered on a hypothetical indictment of Bush et al.
for tricking the nation into war, i.e. conspiracy to
defraud the United States

Iraq Veterans Against The War

A representative of the local Iraq Veterans Against
The War

will share the consequences of the Iraq War for
soldiers on the ground in Iraq and preview some of the
powerful testimony condemning the illegality and
immorality of the war to be delivered at the Winter
Soldier event in Washington, DC March 13-16

Invited Legislators or Staff Representatives

Reps, Kuhl, Reynolds, Slaughter, Walsh, and Sen.
Clinton and Schumer

Co-sponsors (as of 2/28/08): Rochester Against War
(RAW), Peace Action & Education, Rochester Chapter of
Iraq Veterans Against the War, House of Mercy, Genesee
Valley Citizens for Peace, St. Joseph’s House of
Hospitality, Rochester Poor People’s Coalition,
International Socialist Organization (Rochester
Branch), Western New York Peace Center , Veterans for
Peace, Food Not Bombs, Rochester 911, Rochester
Indymedia, Military Families Speak Out, First
Unitarian Church of Rochester, Peace Advocates Task
Force of First Unitarian, The Salmon Valley Observer,
Patriots of Western New York, Peace Action New York
State, Citizens for a United Earth, Fellowship of
Reconciliation/Rochester Chapter, Campus Antiwar
Network at RIT, Progressives In Action, Green Party of
Monroe County, Nazareth College Social Justice
Committee, Episcopal Diocese Public Policy Committee,
Allegany County Stand for Peace, Olean Area Justice
and Peace Coalition, Downtown United Presbyterian
Church, DUPC Justice Ministry, Rochester Committee on
Latin America, The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester,
Mission and Advocacy committee of Genesee Valley
Presbytery, Pax Christi, Brockport’s Amnesty
International Group #191, Greater Rochester Community
of Churches, The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas New
York Pennsylvania Pacific West Community, Rochester
Poets Against the War & Occupation, Rochester Poets,
Rochester NOW, Social Welfare Action Alliance, Mise En
Place, 1199 SEIU Healthcare Workers East, Equal
Grounds, RAW Theater.

For more information and to co-sponsor this event
contact kcastania (at) frontiernet.net / (585) 317-2367

SUGGESTED DONATION $10 (TO COVER EVENT EXPENSES)

MORE IF YOU CAN, LESS IF YOU CAN’T

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