Scott Ritter
Speaking Tour
28 November — 3rd December 2005
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne
Sponsored by the Victorian Peace Network and others.
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Scott Ritter, whose book “Iraq Confidential” will be published in mid-October, is the former senior UN weapons inspector in Iraq, serving in that capacity from 1991 until 1998.
His book is not about the fact that Iraq didn’t have any Weapons of Mass Destruction. That much is known, and when confronted with this reality governments in the US, UK and Australia have blamed “faulty intelligence,” particularly that of the CIA. This book shows that far from being “faulty” the intelligence which was laid out as the case for war in 2003 was the product of a decade of CIA fabrications in support of a regime change agenda. It tells, for the first time, how the CIA co-opted the UN disarmament mission in Iraq. It provides never-seen-before glimpses into how international diplomacy really works. It’s message is not simply that we were lied to over Iraq’s WMDs, but that by destroying the credibility of international weapons inspections, the CIA has made the world a more dangerous place.
See Interview of Scott Ritter, by Seymour Hersh in The Nation.
Media events: Late Night Live, Radio National. Monday evening; LateLine, ABC TV. Monday evening; Channel 7 Sunrise. Tuesday morning; ABC Radio 612 Brisbane. Tuesday morning; 1:30pm ABC Radio National, The World Today. Wednesday; ABC Radio 774 Melbourne with Jon Faine. Friday morning; SBS World View. Friday; The Big Issue and The Melbourne Age will be interviewing Scott and there will be an interview with Ari Sharp for Vibewire.
Program
Sydney, Monday 28th November
Public Lecture: 6:30pm Eastern Avenue Auditorium, Sydney University
Contact Reign Haub or see the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.
Scott will also be speaking on ABC Radio and TV.
Brisbane, Tuesday 29th November
Lecture, 7pm Judith Wright Centre, 420 Brunswick St., Fortitude Valley
Contact Norm Bullen 3848 8277 or Joan Shears 3350 1889 for further information.
Sponsors: “Just Peace,” Avid Reader Bookshop, Rally for Peace and Disarmament and the NTEU.
Perth, Wednesday 30th November
Public Lecture, 6:30pm Lecture Theatre, University Club,
University of Western Australia.
Contact Marc for further information.
Adelaide, Thursday 1st December
Public lecture at 7:30pm Royalty Theatre
65 Angas Street, Adealide
Contact Jeanie Lucas of SA NOWAR
for further information.
Melbourne, Friday 2nd December
Public lecture, 7pm at the Basement Lecture Theatre,
Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Swanston St., University of Melbourne.
Contact Bill Deller for further information.
Contact Bill Deller for further information about public events.
Contact Jenny Mc Hendrie or Angela Tiede at Palgrave Macmillan for media interviews.
Supporters of the tour include: Victorian Peace Network, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University, Queensland Division of the NTEU, Just Peace, Avid Reader Bookshop, Rally for Peace and Disarmament, SA NOWAR, WA Peace Network, Palgrave Macmillan.