and the Georgia Coalition of Peace & Justice/Atlanta Present
Iraq Veterans Against the War
IRAQ VETERANS FORUM:
VETS SAY NO TO WAR
Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, 8 pm
GEORGIA TECH
Stamps Student Center
Student Center Complex Stage - Commons
350 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA, on the Georgia Tech campus
(See Directions posted below)
MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Marine lance corporal who served honorably
in the initial invasion of Iraq and later
co-founded Iraq Veterans Against the War.
ADAM REUTER
Trained in military intelligence and
sent to Iraq 3 days after his son was born;
served in the cavalry with no training for his job.
Was injured in war and medically discharged.
JUSTIN GORDON
West Point graduate who served honorably
as a field artillery captain in Iraq and
subsequently concluded that the war and
occupation of Iraq is counter-productive to
keeping America safe from terrorism.
CAMILO MEJIA
One of the first Iraq war resisters imprisoned -
former infantry Staff Sergeant who served in Iraq
and refused to return. Subsequently served
9 months in prison, released in Feb. 2005.
ALSO SPEAKING:
Evelyn Allen, mother of Sgt. Jonathan R. Shields,
killed in action (KIA) in Fallujah, Iraq 11/12/04.
- Adam Reuter, former Army specialist and Iraq veteran
"As a nation, we have to ask ourselves if what we're doing is right.
Are we having a positive impact in Iraq? Is our presence there
protecting American citizens? The answers are overwhelmingly
no, and this is why I cannot support the war."
- Captain Justin Gordon, West Point officer and Iraq veteran
Coming from the South: Take I-75 North to Exit 250, turn left onto 10th St., left onto State Ave., right onto Ferst Ave., and go straight. Go over some speed bumps, then turn left into a pay parking lot at the Stamps Student Center at 350 Ferst Ave.
The Commons Stage is located on the 1st floor of the Stamps Student Center.
If coming from the North: Take I-75 South to Exit 250, turn right onto 10th St., then continue as above.
This forum on the
Georgia Tech Chapter of Amnesty International,
Veterans For Peace, Atlanta Chapter 125, http://www.veteransforpeace.org
Iraq Veterans Against the War, http://www.ivaw.net
and the Georgia Peace & Justice Coalition/Atlanta, http://www.georgiapeace.org
LINKS TO ARTICLES:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/11/10_400.html
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/03/1728893.php
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050328/houppert
ADAM REUTER:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/17/acd.01.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092401615_2.html
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=64439
JUSTIN GORDON:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7683877
CAMILO MEJIA:
http://www.freecamilo.org/
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/29/60II/main609216.shtml
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/28/1434222
http://www.globalexchange.org/getInvolved/speakers/132.html
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/ellsberg.php?articleid=2597
http://traprockpeace.org/camilo_mejia_28july05.html
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