An emergency public meeting

HOW TO GET OUT OF IRAQ...
AND WHY ATTACKING IRAN WOULD BE REALLY DUMB

Featuring two intelligence experts (who happen to be New Yorkers)

SCOTT RITTER
Former U.N. Weapons Inspector

and

RAY McGOVERN
Former Senior CIA Analyst (27-year veteran)

With observations by

JEFF COHEN
Author of “Cable News Confidential” and the founder of FAIR

and

JONATHAN TASINI
Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate from New York

All five CANDIDATES FOR U.S. SENATE FROM NEW YORK
have been invited to take part in this important community forum
(so far JONATHAN TASINI and HOWIE HAWKINS have accepted.)

Experience the kind of free-wheeling, gloves-off discussion missing in our corporate media
Ample time for Q & A

Sunday, August 27
7:00 to 9:00 PM
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Suggested donation: $10 (nobody turned away)
All proceeds benefit U.S. Tour of Duty and Peace Action of New York State

For more information visit www.ustourofduty.org or call 212.870.2304

SCOTT RITTER served as a U.S. Marines intelligence officer and was the Chief United Nations Weapons Inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. He also spent several months of the Gulf War serving under General Norman Schwarzkopf at Marine Central Command in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of “Iraq Confidential” (www.iraqconfidential.com ) and the upcoming “Target Iran,” both published by Nation Books (www.nationbooks.org ).

RAY McGOVERN served as a CIA Analyst for 27 years. His duties included chairing the National Intelligence Estimates and conducting early morning daily briefings one-on-one with Vice President George Bush and other senior administration officials. Ray is on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS). He recently attracted widespread attention when he publicly confronted Donald Rumsfeld about the Secretary’s claims concerning weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Video of the encounter and media coverage at http://youtube.com/watch?v=5NWYZHhZZHc and http://youtube.com/watch?v=6z_PHmCDiRU .

JEFF COHEN is the author of the upcoming “Cable News Confidential” (www.cablenewsconfidential.com ), published by PoliPointPress (www.p3books.com ). He founded the media watch group FAIR (www.fair.org ).

JONATHAN TASINI For the past 25 years, Jonathan has been a union leader and organizer, a social activist, and a commentator and writer on work, labor and the economy. From 1990 to April 2003, he served as president of the National Writers Union (United Auto Workers Local 1981) During his tenure, the union tripled in size and became one of the most influential forces in the country for protecting the rights of freelance writers.

U.S. TOUR OF DUTY (www.ustourofduty.org ) supports and promotes the anti-war advocacy of Iraq veterans, military families, performers, and policy analysts by organizing public forums, developing media strategies, and producing audio/video content.

PEACE ACTION OF NEW YORK STATE (www.panys.org ) is the New York affiliate of Peace Action (www.peace-action.org ), the largest grassroots peace organization in the country. Peace Action is dedicated to promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons, halting the global spread of conventional arms, and advancing new federal budget priorities that support human needs instead of militarism.