Brian Becker and Deirdre Sinnott, Spokespersons for Iraq Sanctions Challenge Delegation, are Available for Press Interviews and Speaking Engagements

Iraq Sanctions Challenge will Return to U.S. Dec. 13, 1998

December 10, 1998
For Immediate Release
Contact: Sara Flounders/Sarah Sloan
212-633-6646

The twenty delegates of the second Iraq Sanctions Challenge have attended an international conference in Baghdad marking the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, and Brian Becker_one of the spokespeople for the Iraq Sanctions Challenge_have spoken. A follow-up to the May 1998 Iraq Sanctions Challenge, the group also delivered a large quantity of medicine and visited hospitals.

At the conference, Becker said, "The War Against Iraq is a Racist War! More than 1.6 million Iraqis have died from the sanctions during the last eight years. Those who have died have been largely infants and their grandparents. Economic sanctions kill the most vulnerable in society. It is our duty to stand up for the truth. To expose the war-makers. To combat the racist propaganda of the Pentagon killing machine. And to attempt to build a new mass anti-war and anti-sanctions movement that can demand that money be spent for jobs, health care, housing and education rather than imperialist adventures on behalf of Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, Chase Manhattan and Citibank!"

Becker and Sinnott are two of the co-authors of the new book Challenge to Genocide. They have written numerous articles on the U.S.-Iraq confrontation and have lectured frequently at college campuses on Mideast issues. They have been the guest commentators on FOX television, Pacifica Radio and other media outlets.

Becker and Sinnott will offer eyewitness reports on the Iraq delegation's trip and present an overarching political analysis of the effect of sanctions on Iraqi society, the role of Big Oil, and U.S. geopolitical strategy.

To arrange interviews and speaking engagements, contact Sarah Sloan at the International Action Center 212-633-6646.

Back to Iraq Sanctions Challenge December 1998

International Action Center
39 West 14^th Street, Room 206
New York, NY 10011
email: iacenter@iacenter.org
http://www.iacenter.org
phone: 212 633-6646
fax: 212 633-2889

Back to: IAC Reports and Statements on Iraq

Back to: Iraq Actions/Press Releases