War Resister Camilo Mejía speaking this Friday!

[Nathan Mullenax]

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-------------------------------Camilo Mejia--------------------------------
----War Resistor, Conscientious Objector, Iraq Veteran Against the War-----
------------------------------6 PM Friday, Nov 16--------------------------
-------------------Plant Science Building 233 Cornell University-----------
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We *can* end war from the ground up! More soldiers than ever are
speaking out against the war crimes committed in Iraq, against the
mishandling of soldiers' health care and in support of reparations for
Iraqis harmed by this occupation. According to one poll in 2006, an
overwhelming 72 percent of the troops serving in Iraq thought the US
should withdrawal by the end of the year.

Camilo Mejía is at the forefront of today's GI resistance movement and
serves on the board of directors of Iraq Veterans Against the War.

Formerly a staff sergeant serving sixth months in Iraq in 2003, Mejía
deserted after witnessing abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners. He said
it was his duty to desert in order to avoid committing war crimes. Mejía
was court-martialed and sentenced to one year in prison, and after
emerging in February 2005, he filed for and received conscientious
objector status and began speaking out against the war.

Event organized by the Watermargin Education Program.

Cosponsors:

the Campus Antiwar Network, the International Socialist Organization,
Cornell National Lawyer's Guild, The Bully Pulpit, the Latino/a Graduate
Student Coalition, Cornell Advocates for Human Rights, and Amnesty
International.

Free and open to the public.
Funded by the SAFC.

SPREAD THE WORD--please forward this to everyone!