CITIZENS' HEARING ON THE LEGALITY OF THE IRAQ WAR: PART 1

The Case of Lt. Ehren Watada
JANUARY 20-21, 2007
Tacoma, Washington, USA

"In an unprecedented two-day Citizens' Hearing held over January 20-21, more than 600 citizens joined a distinguished tribunal panel in listening to testimony about the legality of the US invasion of Iraq. The Citizens' Hearing was convened to present evidence that Lt. Ehren Watada would have presented in his February 5 court martial on the question that the military ruled barred from entry on Jan. 16 - the question of the Iraq War's legality. Lt. Watada has repeatedly asserted that because the Iraq War is illegal, it is his duty to refuse orders to deploy. He is the Army's first commissioned officer to take such a stand."

For complete details of the Citizens' Hearing, please see:

www.WarTribunal.org

For updates on Lt. Watada, please see:

www.thankyoult.org

www.couragetoresist.org

Part 1 Tribunal testifiers:

* Geoffrey Millard 8 years in Army National Guard; awarded 13 medals

* Harvey Tharp Former U.S. Navy Lieutenant and JAG stationed in Iraq

* Daniel Ellsberg Military analyst who released the Pentagon Papers in the Vietnam War

* Richard Falk Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University

* Benjamin G. Davis Assoc. Prof. of Law, University of Toledo; expert on law of war

* Ann Wright Retired Army Colonel and State Department official

* Denis Halliday Former UN Assistant Secretary-General, coordinated Iraq humanitarian aid

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News & Politics

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• Iraq
• Iran
• Watada
• veterans
• Bush
• Cheney