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DESCRIPTION:\nFilm evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at 
  6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nTHE PANAMA DECEPTION\nby Barbara Trent\n\nYears before the 
 U.S. went after Saddam Hussein, the White House had Manuel Noriega, another 
 former ally, in its sights.  This riveting film documents the untold story 
 of the December 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama;  the events which led to it;  
 the excessive force used;  the enormity of the death and destruction;  and 
 the devastating aftermath. It contrasts U.S. media coverage of the invasion 
 with the expert testimony shown in the film.  It uncovers the real reasons 
 for this internationally condemned attack, presenting a view of the 
 invasion which widely differs from that portrayed by the U.S. media.  It 
 exposes how the U.S. government and the mainstream media suppressed 
 information about this foreign policy disaster.\n\nThe filmmakers also 
 backtrack to America’s turn-of-the-century takeover of the Panama Canal 
 –- and volatile aftermath -– before flashing forward to the 
 reform-minded Carter era.  When CIA-supported Manuel Noriega comes to 
 power, reform gives way to repression, and President Reagan calls for the 
 dictator’s ouster.  His successor, President Bush Sr., brings in the 
 troops.  It would be one thing if the U.S. only targeted military 
 facilities, but citizen witnesses claim soldiers also fired on civilians 
 and residential property (a Pentagon spokesman denies this accusation).  
 Depending on the source, casualties ranged from 250 to 4,000.  This film, 
 though depicting an invasion from the last century, shows the depths of 
 U.S. depravity abroad and the depths of U.S. lies to cover it up.  
 Depravity and lies, of course, are still keeping pace in other arenas 
 today.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/27/18670440.php
SUMMARY:The Panama Deception
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/27/18670440.php
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