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The "Citizens' Hearing on the Legality of U.S. Actions in Iraq" will be held on January 20-21, 2007 in Tacoma, Washington two weeks before the February 5th court martial trial. Start time both dates is 10 am, sessions complete at 4 on Saturday and 3 pm Sunday. The hearing will present the case that Lt. Watada would, if allowed, make at his court martial. His defense attorneys maintain that the war on Iraq is illegal under international treaties and under Article Six of the U.S. Constitution. Further, Lt. Watada's defense argues that the Nuremberg Principles and U.S. military regulations require soldiers to follow only "lawful orders." In Lt. Watada's view, deployment to Iraq would have made him party to the crimes that permeate the structure and conduct of military operations there. For more information on the hearings: www.wartribunal.org
DON'T MISS HEARING THESE REMARKABLE EXPERT WITNESSES:
*Daniel Ellsberg, military analyst who released the Pentagon Papers in the Vietnam War;
*Denis Halliday, Former UN Assistant Secretary General, coordinated Iraq humanitarian aid;
*Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University;
*Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star Families Speak Out; Brussels Tribunal advisory board;
*Harvey Tharp, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant and JAG stationed in Iraq;
*Antonia Juhasz, policy-analyst and author on U.S. economic policies in Iraq;
*John Burroughs, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy executive director;
*Benjamin G. Davis, Assoc. Law Prof., Univ. of Toledo; expert on law of war;
*Eman Khammas, Iraqi human rights advocate (via video).
*Geoffrey Millard, 8 years in Army National Guard; now in Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Location

Tacoma Evergreen Campus

1210 6TH AVE

Tacoma