[PEN-L:9650] Fw: Speakers and Topics for the Commission of Inquiry

["Frank Durgin" <fdurgin1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Subject: Speakers and Topics for the Commission of Inquiry
> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:07 PM
>
> Commission of Inquiry
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> INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO INVESTIGAE
> U.S./NATO WAR CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF YUGOSLAVIA
>
> A more detailed program will be distributed later in the week.
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>
> PANELS AND TOPICS INCLUDE
>
> Targeting civilians and environmental destruction
> Violations of international laws and conventions
> The Rambouillet Accords and the conspiracy to go to war
> Why the Chinese Embassy was bombed
> How the Pentagon used the war to further militarize the U.S. economy
> The war at home
> War propaganda and media lies
> How the U.S. and Germany enflamed ethnic conflicts in Yugoslavia
> U.S occupation?liberation or colonial enslavement?
> U.S. geopolitical strategy for Eastern Europe and the former USSR
>
> SPEAKERS INCLUDE
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> Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
> Felix Wilson, Cuban Interests Section
> Michael Parenti, author
> Maude Le Blanc, Haiti Progres
> Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition
> Dr. Sapphire Ahmed
> Shani Rifati, Roma activist
> David Jacobs, Canadian Lawyers Group
> King Downing, attorney
> John Kim, NY Veterans for Peace
> Monica Moorehead, Workers World newspaper
> Michel Chossudovsky, economist and author
> Gloria La Riva, Director, NATO Targets
> Heather Cottin, Serbian-Jewish Friendship Committee
> Barry Lituchy, CUNY
> Roland Keither, OSCE Monitor in Kosovo
> Sara Flounders, International Action Center
> Brian Becker, International Action Center
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