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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Col. Ann Wright to Discuss Iraq Now - Iran Later?
"IRAQ NOW - IRAN LATER?"
A Presentation by COLONEL ANN WRIGHT
Army Colonel (Ret.), Foreign Diplomat
Sunday, April 22, 7 to 9 PM
Albuquerque Mennonite Church
1300 Girard N.E. (2 blocks north of Constitution)
Albuquerque NM
Suggested $10 donation at the door
Colonel Ann Wright served 29 years in the Army and then later worked in the State Department. In 2003, she resigned from her State Department post due to her disagreement with the decision to go to war on Iraq without U.N. Security Council authorization.
"I have served my country for almost thirty years in some of the most isolated and dangerous parts of the world. I want to continue to serve America. However, I do not believe in the policies of this Administration and cannot --morally and professionally -- defend or implement them. It is with heavy heart that I must end my service to America and therefore resign."
Sponsored by the School of the Americas Watch - New Mexico. For more information, contact Judy Bierbaum at 268-1040.
Editor's Note: Click to read Col. Wright's resignation letter to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wright was most recently the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. She helped open the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2002.
April 4, 2007 at 12:30 PM in Events, Iran, Iraq War | Permalink
Comments
I'm surprised there aren't police riots in every American city! I'm surprised our leaders aren't calling on Bush and Cheney to step down and resign? What is everyone so afraid of? Is this the USA or Saddam Hussein's Iraq?
Bush: Enemy in Iraq is "pure evil"
https://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_5595394
"People who do that are not - it's not a civil war, it is pure evil. And I believe we have an obligation to protect ourselves from that evil."
At least 54 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 52 were wounded in attacks. In three separate incidents, 48 more people have been kidnapped, and Baghdad's overnight curfew was eased by two hours beginning today. Also, the Dept. of Defense announced that three more Americans soldiers were killed. One American soldier died today from small arms fire in a southern part of the capital, while another GI died in an eastern neighborhood. A third soldier died yesterday from wounds he had received in a roadside bomb attack last September in Baghdad. Twenty people were snatched from a fake checkpoint northeast of Baghdad near al-Nai village. In Latifiya, there is confusion over a mass kidnapping, but at least six people were abducted . Also, 22 shepherds were kidnapped from Nikhaib, and their flocks were stolen. Armed clashes took place near Ramadi. The U.S. responded with an air strike that targeted four houses; 12 were killed and 15 wounded in the attack. Near Hawija, 11 electrical workers were machine-gunned to death after gunmen stopped their mini-bus on a highway. In Baghdad, authorities are taking advantage of increased security to shrink the number of hours Baghdad's residents are required to stay off the streets. Meanwhile, a soccer coach escaped an assassination attempt after publicly complaining about violence. A car bomb in the Sadr City district killed one and wounded five; the area received mortar fire immediately following the blast. A motorist was killed in a drive-by shooting. Mortars fell in al-Obeidi where they injured two people and in Shurta where they wounded three persons. Two more people were injured by mortar fire in Jihad and Resala. In Jamiya, a car bomb wounded four people near a wholesale market. And, nine dumped bodies were found. Near Baquba 10 people were killed, four policemen and six gunmen, during an attack on a police patrol and subsequent clash. Gunmen randomly shot at people in the Kobat area; one person was killed and seven, mostly children, were injured. Two guards were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted the Mosul chief of police's motorcade. In a separate roadside bomb attack, a policeman was killed and a civilian wounded. West of Kut, a roadside bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded three others yesterday. Mortar rounds fell in Khalis where they killed a woman and injured three others, including a four-year-old boy. Five bodyguards were wounded during a roadside bomb attack on the Ninewah police chief's motorcade. One Iraqi soldier was killed in Fallujah, while the U.S. base there was showered with mortar shells. Also, a Saddam-era army officer was gunned down as he was driving through central Fallujah. A woman was stabbed to death in Hilla. Two bullet-riddled and decapitated bodies were fished out of the Tigris at Suwara. The Iraqi Army reported arresting 59 suspects in different locations throughout the country. U.S. captured another nine people, and 128 were detained in an event north of Baghdad. In Diwaniya, a Coalition base received mortar fire while a U.S. patrol came under fire east of the city.
2,026 days since WMD said he'd catch uhh UBL???
Posted by: | Apr 5, 2007 7:28:07 AM
Ann Wright was a Dean supporter drawn to (as I was) the "perfect storm" in Iowa/2004. She was just another volunteer hitching a ride to a restaurant that first night we all arrived in Des Moines. We didn't learn until an hour or so together that she had been one of the diplomats to resign in protest over the decision to attack Iraq. We learned that she had spent her time in the diplomatic corps (after service in the military) volunteering to serve in some of the most challenging places, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, etc.
I look forward to her presentation. Thanks for bringing to our attention these kinds of appearances.
Posted by: | Apr 11, 2007 10:51:10 AM
It's been ages since I've writen...
Ditto what brother Tom says about Ann Wright. I, too, got to meet her in Iowa--she came from the beaches of Hawaii to fight for Howard in the cold and snow.
We camped out in the same dorm so I met her a couple of times as we went out campaigning. She's both low key and VERY impresive at the same time. And really knows what's going on.
Posted by: nanceinnm | Apr 13, 2007 12:27:46 AM
I didn't realize Wright was a Dean supporter! Excellent that you two got to meet her. Your comments bring back memories good and bad of the Iowa Dean era. The highs and the low low lows. I know those were experienced even more deeply by you two actually being there for the whole thing, including the so-called scream. But Dean and what he started lives on in politics all over the nation and certainly here on this blog.
Posted by: | Apr 13, 2007 9:01:54 AM
