Shortages; lack of electricity; potable water; tanks rolling through the streets night and day; gunfire and explosions. Iraqi health care in shambles. 200 bodies turn up daily in the Baghdad morgue. For Iraqis, it's 9/11 every day.
07/07/07
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Please come see Dr. Wasfi in St. Louis, Missouri - August 15 - 19, 2007
http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/
Announcing the 22nd Annual Veterans For Peace Convention
VETERANS’ TRUTH - GATEWAY TO PEACE
Building Community to Achieve Justice and Abolish War
Veterans, applying their experience, strength and conviction to the abolishment of war, invest the Gateway Arch of St. Louis with new significance as a portal to peace.
Where: The Holiday Inn Select, 811 N. 9th Street - St. Louis, MO 63101
For room reservations call: 1-800-972-3145 (Special Convention room rates are $89.00 per night – for maximum occupancy of 4) Metro line from airport to within three blocks of hotel. Looking to share a room (or a ride) with someone, check out the Convention Forum.
Friday; Israel in Iraq - Combatants For Peace & Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
The Salvador Option - Death Squads in Iraq - Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
Media Advisory Veterans For Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org
July 16, 2007 CONTACT: Michael T. McPhearson (314) 303-8874 Betsy Reznicek (314) 725-6005 x102
INTERNATIONALLY REKNOWN IRAQI-AMERICAN PEACE ACTIVIST Dr. Dahlia Wasfi, to Be Interviewed by Chuc Smith on 07/23/2007 in ST. LOUIS, MO on 88.1 FM KDHX and PODCASTING AT http://www.kdhx.org/programs/vetnet.htm
Dr. Wasfi is Speaking Out Against The Negative Impact Of The U.S. Invasion On The Iraqi People And The Need To End The Occupation.
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born in 1971 and spent her early childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, until she returned with her family to the United States in 1977. Dr. Wasfi graduated from Swarthmore College in 1993 with a B.A. in Biology, and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1997. Years later, she visited Iraq to see her family in Basrah and Baghdad in February/March of 2004. Recently, she journeyed to Iraq for a 3-month visit, returning to the U.S. in March 2006, and based on her experiences, she has spoken out to end the occupation.
Dr. Wasfi described her experience in Iraq and discussed the life of Iraqis under occupation on April 27, 2006 in Washington, DC. ( http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=669 )
Dr. Wasfi is a scheduled speaker at the upcoming Veterans For Peace National Convention in St. Louis August 15 – 19, 2007. The theme of the Convention is “Veterans’ Truth – Gateway to Peace, Building Community to Achieve Justice and Abolish War”. - For more information, please visit www.vfpnationalconvention.org
Chuc Smith is the co-host of Vet Net. Charles Clyde is the host and founder of the program. Vet Net is produced by KDHX-FM 88.1 and the St. Louis Area Veterans Consortium, one of the oldest veterans self-help organizations in the nation. Vet Net is an interesting mix of music and discussion of veterans issues and concerns. Tune in, listen up, enjoy. Late Sunday / Early Monday at 5:30AM. Vet Net is now podcasting at http://www.kdhx.org/programs/vetnet.htm
Dr Wasfi is available for speaking engagements and interviews at http://www.globalexchange.org/ge...eakers/ 124.html
Please visit Dr. Wasfi’s website at http://www.liberatethis.com/
Founded in 1985, Veterans For Peace is a national organization of men and women veterans of all eras and duty stations spanning the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf and current Iraq wars as well as other conflicts cold or hot. It has chapters in nearly every state in the union and is headquartered in St. Louis
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Please come see Dr. Wasfi in St. Louis, Missouri - August 15 - 19, 2007
http://www.vfpnationalconvention.org/
Announcing the 22nd Annual Veterans For Peace Convention
VETERANS’ TRUTH - GATEWAY TO PEACE
Building Community to Achieve Justice and Abolish War
Veterans, applying their experience, strength and conviction to the abolishment of war, invest the Gateway Arch of St. Louis with new significance as a portal to peace.
Where: The Holiday Inn Select, 811 N. 9th Street - St. Louis, MO 63101
For room reservations call: 1-800-972-3145 (Special Convention room rates are $89.00 per night – for maximum occupancy of 4) Metro line from airport to within three blocks of hotel. Looking to share a room (or a ride) with someone, check out the Convention Forum.
Friday;
Israel in Iraq - Combatants For Peace & Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
The Salvador Option - Death Squads in Iraq - Dr. Dahlia Wasfi
VFP National Convention Registration 2007
http://www.vfpnationalconvention...rg/ register.htm
PEACE!
Paul
Media Advisory
Veterans For Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org
July 16, 2007
CONTACT: Michael T. McPhearson (314) 303-8874
Betsy Reznicek (314) 725-6005 x102
INTERNATIONALLY REKNOWN IRAQI-AMERICAN PEACE ACTIVIST
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi,
to Be Interviewed by Chuc Smith on 07/23/2007 in ST. LOUIS, MO on
88.1 FM KDHX
and PODCASTING AT
http://www.kdhx.org/programs/vetnet.htm
Dr. Wasfi is Speaking Out Against The Negative Impact Of The U.S. Invasion On The Iraqi People And The Need To End The Occupation.
Dr. Dahlia Wasfi was born in 1971 and spent her early childhood in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, until she returned with her family to the United States in 1977. Dr. Wasfi graduated from Swarthmore College in 1993 with a B.A. in Biology, and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1997. Years later, she visited Iraq to see her family in Basrah and Baghdad in February/March of 2004. Recently, she journeyed to Iraq for a 3-month visit, returning to the U.S. in March 2006, and based on her experiences, she has spoken out to end the occupation.
Dr. Wasfi described her experience in Iraq and discussed the life of Iraqis under occupation on April 27, 2006 in Washington, DC. ( http://www.politicstv.com/blog/?p=669 )
Dr. Wasfi is a scheduled speaker at the upcoming Veterans For Peace National Convention in St. Louis August 15 – 19, 2007. The theme of the Convention is “Veterans’ Truth – Gateway to Peace, Building Community to Achieve Justice and Abolish War”. - For more information, please visit www.vfpnationalconvention.org
Chuc Smith is the co-host of Vet Net. Charles Clyde is the host and founder of the program. Vet Net is produced by KDHX-FM 88.1 and the St. Louis Area Veterans Consortium, one of the oldest veterans self-help organizations in the nation. Vet Net is an interesting mix of music and discussion of veterans issues and concerns. Tune in, listen up, enjoy.
Late Sunday / Early Monday at 5:30AM. Vet Net is now podcasting at http://www.kdhx.org/programs/vetnet.htm
Dr Wasfi is available for speaking engagements and interviews at http://www.globalexchange.org/ge...eakers/ 124.html
Please visit Dr. Wasfi’s website at http://www.liberatethis.com/
Founded in 1985, Veterans For Peace is a national organization of men and women veterans of all eras and duty stations spanning the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), World War II, the Korean, Vietnam, Gulf and current Iraq wars as well as other conflicts cold or hot. It has chapters in nearly every state in the union and is headquartered in St. Louis
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