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Checkpoints, Raids, Detentions, and Hearts and Minds—War’s Impact on Iraqi Civilians

Event Date

  • 6/30/2008   6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    Please arrive early for registration

Location

  • World Affairs Council Auditorium

Address

  • 312 Sutter Street
    Second Floor
    San Francisco, California 94108
Speaker(s)
Chris Hedges, Senior Fellow, The Nation Institute
Event Details

While the U.S. troop casualty count in Iraq has reached over 4,000, this number is but a small fraction representing the loss of life that Iraqi civilians have endured over the last five years. Best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins the Council to offer his insight into the war’s impact on innocent Iraqi civilians and to discuss his new book Collateral Damage. With journalist Laila al-Arian, Hedges spent the past year interviewing over fifty returning Iraqi war veterans to provide this report on America’s War in Iraq and the price that is being paid by many innocent individuals.

This event is co-sponsored by the Marines' Memorial Association and the Persian Center.

Advanced registration is recommended for guaranteed seating. However, pre-registration is not required and walk-ins on the day of this program are welcome.