Screening: _Hidden Wars of Desert Storm_ (Dir. Audrey Brohy & Gerard Ungerman, 2000)
Tue., April 30, 7:30 PM 264 MacQuigg Lab, OSU 105 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH
On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet era. But was this invasion a surprise in the first place? Were all diplomatic means really used to try to resolve the issue peacefully? Was there any threat from Iraq against Saudi Arabia or against any of the other Gulf states? Why wasn't Washington's rhetoric against Saddam ever matched by any real support to the Iraqi opposition groups? What purpose can the embargo on Iraq serve if it is not to weaken Saddam Hussein, a result it has evidently failed to achieve to this day? What is the truth behind the mysterious "Gulf War Syndrome" that goes on affecting hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans and local populations -- more and more of them every day? A two-year investigation, _Hidden Wars of Desert Storm_ brings answers to all of these questions, based on documents never seen before on television and backed by interviews of such prominent public figures as Desert Storm Commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former UN Iraq Program Director Denis Halliday, former UNSCOM team-leader Scott Ritter and many others.
Sponsors: the Student International Forum and Social Welfare Action Alliance. OSU Campus Map: <www.osu.edu/map/linkbuildings/macquigglab.html>. Calendar of Events: <www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>. Contact: Yoshie Furuhashi, <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>, 614-668-6554; & Keith Kilty, <kilty.1 at osu.edu>, 614-292-7181. Download the flyers for Hidden Wars of Desert Storm at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/hiddenwars1.doc> & <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/hiddenwars2.doc>. Download the flyer for other upcoming SIF/SWAA events at <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar11.doc>. Please spread the word. -- Yoshie
* Calendar of Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>