CALENDAR: Galbraith and Ritter added to study circle on Iraq invasion & occupation
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UFPPC's Monday evening study circle now underway on recent book about the invasion and occupation of Iraq will add two volumes and extend through Sept. 11, 2006. -- Peter W. Galbraith's The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War without End (Simon & Schuster, 2006) and Scott Ritter's Iraq Confidential: The Untold Story of the Intelligence Conspiracy to Undermine the UN and Overthrow Saddam Hussein (Nation Books, 2005) will be added to the ongoing discussion of Michael Gordon and Gen. Bernard Trainor's Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (Pantheon, 2006) and Thomas Ricks's Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Penguin Press, 2006) by Thomas E. Ricks. -- All these volumes are available in local bookstores. -- Discussions are held on Monday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Mandolin Café in Tacoma (3923 S. 12th St.)....
CALENDAR: Book group discusses Gordon & Trainor, Ricks in Tacoma -- Aug. 21 & 28 @ 7pm
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UFPPC's Monday evening book discussion group, Digging Deeper, will devote two sessions to discussing two recent accounts of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.[1] -- At 7:00 p.m. on Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 at the Mandolin Café in Tacoma (3923 S. 12th St.), you're invited to join in a discussion of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (Pantheon, 2006) by Michael R. Gordon and Gen. Bernard E. Trainor and Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (Penguin Press, 2006) by Thomas R. Ricks. -- Ricks's volume débuted last week at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list; Gordon and Trainor published their book in March. -- Both books are easily available in bookstores; Cobra II is available in many libraries. -- More information below....
CALENDAR: Support Lt. Watada! -- Wed., Aug. 16 @ 4-7pm & Fri., Aug. 11 @ 5pm
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On Wed., Aug. 16, a large rally in support of Lt. Ehren Watada will take place at the bridge over I-5 at Exit 119, near Fort Lewis.[1] -- UFPPC will join many other supporters in beginning to gather at 4:00 p.m.; a rally will be held at 6:00 p.m. -- On the following day Lt. Watada's Article 32 (pretrial) hearing is scheduled to take place at Fort Lewis, so a large turnout on Aug. 16 is important. -- IN ADDITION, you're encouraged to join UFPPC in bannering for Watada on Fri., Aug. 11, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the McKinley St. bridge over I-5 near the Tacoma Dome.[2] -- Or join the UFPPC peace vigil on Ruston Way near the Old Town pier, also at 5:00 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 11.[3] ...