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[Simona Sawhney]

TEACHERS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Invites you to attend
a screening of


Paying the Price:
Killing the Children of Iraq
-a documentary-

Written and presented by John Pilger. Produced and directed by Alan Lowery.

DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW

Thursday, 11 October 2001
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
South Rec Room, Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana

As part of its ongoing efforts to promote awareness and discussion of 
issues surrounding the terror attacks of September 11th  and the 
military strikes in Afghanistan, Teachers for Peace and Justice 
presents this documentary film on the effects of 11 years of U.S.-led 
sanctions on Iraq.  In a speech broadcast this past Sunday, October 
7th (transcript printed in the 10/8 New York Times), Osama bin Laden 
cited the "children...dying at this time...killed in Iraq without any 
guilt" as emblems of the "hypocrisy" of  the U.S. and its allies. 
While no rationale or agenda can possibly justify the September 11th 
attacks or the threat of others like it, now more than ever it is 
important to be informed about U.S. and international policies 
regarding Iraq.

Originally aired on British television in March 2000, the 73-minute 
documentary features interviews with Denis Haliday, who resigned as 
administrator of  the U.N.'s "Oil for Food" program, and his 
successor, Hans von Sponeck, as well as U.S. Department of State and 
U.N. officials. A 1999 Unicef report calculated that more than half a 
million children had died as a direct result of sanctions. The film's 
title is inspired by then Secretary of State Madelaine Albright's 
response when asked whether the death of 500,000 children was 
justified: "I think this is a very hard choice, but the price-we 
think the price is worth it."
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