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University Affairs Office
1801 E. Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3609
(707) 664-2057
e-mail: jean.wasp@sonoma.edu
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2003 File #365
Contact: Project Censored, (707) 664-2500
An MD in Baghdad: An Eyewitness to War speaks at SSU
Family physician April Hurley, MD will discuss what it was like being a doctor in the middle of a war zone in Iraq when she comes to SSU to speak on Wednesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. in Stevenson 1002. It is free for all and sponsored by Project Censored.A resident of Santa Rosa, Hurley joined the Iraq Peace Team (IPT) in Baghdad on March 13 and stayed through the bombing and invasion. IPT began through a project called "Voices in the Wilderness," a volunteer independent organization started in 1996.
The project gives voice to suffering Iraqi families under crippling UN sanctions and radiation caused by depleted uranium from the first Gulf War.
As part of her presentation, Hurley will be sharing her impressions prior to the assault, her experiences with civilians during the bombing and the invasion by our Marines, conversations with Iraqi and American soldiers, and photos taken by the team.