Coloradans Against Bush’s War on Iraq
** Media Advisory **
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 303.764.3633
Stephanie Phibbs 303.320.5994
Former U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer, Iraqi Dissident to Hold News Conference Day Before Bush’s Visit to Denver
DENVER, CO – A former U.S. Naval Intelligence Office during the Gulf War of 1991 and an Iraqi dissident imprisoned by Saddam Hussein on numerous occasions will hold a news conference opposing President Bush’s plans to invade and occupy Iraq. The news conference will take place on the west steps of the State Capitol Building at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2002, the day before President Bush arrives in Denver.
A protest march is also planned to coincide with President Bush’s $1,000-a-plate fundraising stop at the Adam’s Mark Hotel on Friday, September 27, 2002.
When: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 26, 2002.
Where: State Capitol, west steps.
Who: Former U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer during the Gulf War.
Iraqi dissident who fled Saddam Hussein’s regime in 1974 and is now Imam of the Islamic Center of Ahl Al-Beit in Denver.
Author and former Democratic nominee for Congress in California and Maryland.
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