Jeremy Scahill speaks on Blackwater

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7 p.m.

Sponsored by:



* Activist San Diego (http://www.ActivistSanDiego)

* The Peace Resource Center (http://www.prcsd.org)

* Peace & Democracy Action Group of the First Unitarian Universalist Church (http://www.firstuusandiego.org),

* Citizens’ Oversight Projects (http://www.citizensoversight.org),(http://www.StopBlackwater.net)

* US-Mexico Border Project; American Friends Service Committee (http://www.afsc.org/pacificsw/sandiego.htm)

* San Diego Veterans for Peace (http://www.sdvfp.org)

* San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice (http://www.sdcpj.org)



Scahill will have a new presentation on Blackwater with a critique of the U.S. media, saying that the role of Blackwater as an unaccountable combat force not only abroad but in the U.S. as well is just one of many stories that aren’t being covered properly in the mainstream press. “Over 635,000 Iraqis have died since the war began, but most Americans think it’s less than 10,000,” he said. “This is the direct result of media that participate in the Bush administration’s cover-ups. The media did a great job covering the killings at Virginia Tech, but Virginia Tech is one hour in one day in one Iraqi neighborhood. If the media were doing their job and we heard the stories of some of the 650,000 Iraqis who were killed, this war would end tomorrow. We are a country of good people who don’t believe in killing Iraqi civilians, but the media haven’t shown the consequences of this irrational war based on lies.”

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7 p.m.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street, San Diego

$5-10 Donation requested / no one will be turned away – Info: 619-263-9301 or 858-459-4650

Directions: From Washington Street in Hillcrest, turn North on First Avenue three blocks, go left on Arbor one

block. The UCSD medical Center will be on your right, Church parking lot on your left.

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