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Sponsored by:
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The Surge: An Iraqi Perspective
H.E. Ambassador Hamid Al-Bayati
- Permanent Representative of Iraq to the UN
TICKETS:
member w/ meal: $ 20.00
non-member w/ meal: $ 25.00
RSVP Info: Reservations required. To reserve, click Order above or call 503-274-7488
Location: University Club
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Thursday, Feb 22nd
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12:00-1:30 pm, Thursday, February 22, 2007
The addition of an extra 21,500 troops is about to hit the ground in Iraq, a move meant to stabilize the situation in Baghdad”. Surge supporter Sen John McCain has called the situation there “dire and deteriorating. As the bombs keep going off, the new military leader in Iraq, Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, has said he wants the forces in “as rapidly as possible”. What do Iraqis and the Iraqi leadership think about this strategy and its prospects for success?
Prior to his current appointment as Ambassador of Iraq to the U.N., Mr. Al Bayati served as Iraq’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs and Bilateral Relations. He remains the head of the Iraqi Centre for Strategic Studies. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Al Bayati was a board member of INDICT, a British organization that collected evidence about the alleged crimes of Saddam Hussein and his aides. He was also the editor of Iraq Update, a weekly English newsletter. From 1992-1998, he was an elected member of the Leadership Committee of the Iraqi National Congress in London. Mr. Al Bayati received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 from Baghdad University and his masters degree in language and philosophy in 1980 from Cairo University, Egypt. He received his doctorate degree in politics in 1990 from Manchester University, United Kingdom. |
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