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<h1> SAVE THE DATE --- Conflict in Syria: US Intervention and the Prospects for Peace!</h1>
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<b>A forum on Syrian perspectives, the </b><b>US</b><b> role and activist response</b><b> </b>
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<b>August 15, Thursday, 7-9 pm<br></b><b><b>(location to be announced)</b></b>
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<p>Presenters:</p>
<p class="rteindent1" style="margin-left: 10pt;"><b>Marwa Alnaal</b>, Syrian American Forum; <i>a graduate of the international relations program at Clark University, Ms. Alnaal is a Syrian American who has travelled to Syria multiple times to study the crisis</i>.</p>
<p class="rteindent1" style="margin-left: 10pt;"><b>Assaf Kfoury</b>, Boston University computer science department;<em> Prof. Kfoury grew up in Beirut and Cairo and has published numerous articles on the Middle East in the Nation, Z-net, Counter Punch, etc, and has recently returned from Lebanon.</em></p>
<p class="rteindent1" style="margin-left: 10pt;"><b>Nidal Bitari</b>, <em>A Palestinian living in a Syrian refugee camp will talk about his experiences during the uprising in Syria.</em></p>
<p class="rteindent1" style="margin-left: 10pt;">Commentary by <b>Elaine Hagopian</b>, professor of sociology at Simmons College (emeritus); <em>Prof. Hagopian is Syrian by birth and has spent much of her life studying the Middle East, Palestine and Syria.</em></p>
<p>The drawn out conflict in Syria is of great concern; 100,000 people have been killed and the UN expects 3.5 million refugees by the end of 2013, but intervention by the US and other countries creates the potential for a major regional war.</p>
<p>The US decision to directly supply arms to the opposition and talk of No-Fly Zones, in addition to years of sanctions and covert involvement, dangerously escalates the violence when a ceasefire and political talks are needed.</p>
<p>Most activists in the peace/antiwar movement and public opinion oppose US intervention, but there are many questions because of the complexity and lack of reliable information.</p>
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