Janis Karpinsky to testify at War Crimes Tribunal in NYC

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305 West Broadway, #199, NY, NY 10013 212-941-8086 www.bushcommission.org

PRESS ADVISORY- URGENT Contact: Connie Julian 917-449-9064

January 15, 2006 Janet Yip 212-941-8086 commission {at} nion.us

www.bushcommission.org

FORMER ABU GHRAIB COMMANDER AND EX UK AMBASSADOR TO TESTIFY AT BUSH WAR CRIMES COMMISSION IN NYC THIS WEEKEND

Friday, January 20, 5pm and Saturday, January 21 at 10am, Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive

Sunday, January 22 at 1pm, Columbia University Law School, 116th & Amsterdam Avenue

An unprecedented citizens' tribunal will hear testimony from international expert witnesses and whistle-blowers on war crimes and crimes against humanity alleged against the Bush administration.

Witnesses at the Tribunal include: former commander of Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray who exposed the use of information gathered through torture, former arms inspector Scott Ritter, ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Dahr Jamail (journalist who has reported extensively from Iraq), Guantanamo prisoners' lawyer Michael Ratner, Katrina survivors, former State Department officer Ann Wright, among many more.