Event: talk with Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian Journalist abducted in Iraq - 3/14

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Dear Zeeshan, CCR would like to invite you to an event this Wednesday featuring Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! ; Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian Journalist abducted in Iraq and shot at by U.S. forces when returning to the Baghdad airport after her release, and Vincent Warren, the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. FRIENDLY FIRE An Independent Journalist's Story of Being Abducted in Iraq, Rescued, and Shot by U.S. Forces Wednesday, March 14 7 pm Judson Church 55 Washington Square South New York, NY http://www.judson.org/ Subway: A, C, E, F, B, V to West 4th Street station; R to 8th Street-NYU; or 1 to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square. Sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Haymarket Books About the book: While reporting the effects on civilians of the U.S. bombing campaign in Falluja, Giuliana Sgrena was taken hostage in Iraq on February 4, 2005, and held for one month. On the day of her release, as she was being escorted to Baghdad Airport by Italian security, U.S. forces fired on her vehicle, killing Major General Nicola Calipari as he shielded Sgrena. Mario Lozano, the soldier who shot at her vehicle, will be placed on trial April 17th for voluntary manslaughter. Giuliana Sgrena demands that the Pentagon be held responsible for the shooting - a product of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and not the actions of an individual soldier. About the author: An expert on the Arab world, Sgrena has reported frequently from Afghanistan and Iraq, for which the president of Italy awarded her the prestigious Cavaliere del Lavoro Prize. In her book, Friendly Fire: The Remarkable Story of a Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq, Rescued by an Italian Secret Service Agent, and Shot by U.S. Forces (Haymarket), Sgrena describes her experience as a hostage, exposes U.S. war crimes in Iraq and provides unique insights into the situation of Iraq under occupation. If you have questions or requests please contact: C. Lynne Kates 212-614-6443 -- LKates@ccr-ny.org

Events of interest!

Mark your calendar as the events below may be of interest to you.

February 15th

Fordham Global Law Society presents: How Can the International Community Help Iraq?

Speaker: H.E. Ambassador Hamid Al Bayati, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations
Moderator: Professor Paolo Galizzi, Fordham University School of Law

Location: Fordham University School of Law
140 West 62nd Steet (McNally Ampitheater)
Reception to follow
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Free and no RSVP required

February 22nd

UNA NY invites you to hear James Taub, author of “The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power”

Location: Consulate General of the Republic of Poland (233 Madison Avenue @ 37th Street)
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Event cost: Free

RSVP to info@unanyc.org

More event Info

Event: TOUR FOR A JUST FOREIGN POLICY IN IRAN AND IRAQ - 11/8

Please forward widely:

PERPETUAL WAR FOR PEACE?
TOUR FOR A JUST FOREIGN POLICY IN IRAN AND IRAQ
IS COMING TO BROOKLYN COLLEGE!

THIS IS THE TOUR'S ONLY NYC STOP!

The tour is crossing the Northeast, bringing critical
analysis and first hand accounts to communities ready
for a change in U.S. foreign policy. Join us to
discuss the current situation in Iraq and debunk
Washington's Iran policy. Come experience photos from
Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon that bring alive the urgency
of ending and avoiding war by award winning
photojournalists.
Visit: www.justforeignpolicy.org/tour

Wednesday, November 8th, 12pm
Brooklyn College Student Center (SUBO), Penthouse (top
floor)
Featuring:

RAED JARRAR, Iraq Project Director at Global Exchange,
architect, and blogger
http://www.globalexchange.org

ANTONIA JUHASZ, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading
the World, One Economy at a Time and scholar at the
Institute for Policy Studies
www.thebushagenda.net

ROSTAM POURZAL, President of the U.S. branch of the
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention
in Iran
www.campaigniran.org

Photo exhibit featuring:

LYNSEY ADDARIO, acclaimed photojournalist documenting
conflict, human interest stories, and people
throughout the Middle East and Africa.
www.lynseyaddario.com

ANDREW STERN, award winning photojournalist committed
to documenting critical social and political issues.
http://digitalrailroad.net/astern

RAMIN TALAIE, widely published photojournalist from
Iran.
http://ramintalaie.com/

MOHAMMAD KHEIRKHAH, photojournalist from Iran sharing
images of Iran.
http://documentiran.com/

For more information, please visit
www.justforeignpolicy.org/tour


Sponsored by:
United Students League at Brooklyn College (and others
TBA)
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS:
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/info/aboutbc/index.php?link=travel
CAMPUS MAP (building 13 on the map):
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/campmap/
contact: heather.squire@gmail.com/347.952.6786

and

Just Foreign Policy
tour@justforeignpolicy.org
202.448.2898