{"id":35,"date":"2007-01-24T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2007-01-24T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2017-06-06T01:37:11","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T07:37:11","slug":"citizens-hearing-on-the-legality-of-us-actions-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/01\/citizens-hearing-on-the-legality-of-us-actions-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"CITIZENS&#8217; HEARING ON THE LEGALITY OF U.S. ACTIONS IN IRAQ:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Case of Lt. Ehren Watada<br \/>\n(Tacoma, WA) WARTRIBUNAL.ORG<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/ltwatada.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"ltwatada.jpg\" align= \"right\"\/><br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/ltwatada21.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/ltwatada2.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"ltwatada2.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nIn an unprecedented two-day Citizens&#8217; Hearing held over January 20-21, more than 600 citizens joined a distinguished tribunal panel in listening to testimony about the legality of the US invasion of Iraq. The Citizens&#8217; Hearing was convened to present evidence that Lt. 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