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DESCRIPTION:“Yemen, ISIS, and Middle East Mayhem: What Progressives Should Know”  
 is a public forum discussing the rise of instability in the Middle 
 East..\n\n"The dramatic rise of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and 
 Syria (ISIS)—which even al-Qaeda deemed too extreme to remain part of its 
 network—is a tragedy by any measure.  It would also be tragic if we 
 allowed the very forces that created this mess to explain it away. 
 ..\n"Under U.S. occupation, Iraq’s two major bastions of secular 
 nationalism—the armed forces and the civil service—were effectively 
 abolished, only to be replaced by partisans of sectarian Shiite parties and 
 factions, some of which were closely allied to Iran. Sunni extremists, 
 believing Iraqi Shias had betrayed their country to Persians and 
 Westerners, began targeting Shia civilian neighborhoods with terrorist 
 attacks. The Iraqi regime and allied militia then began systematically 
 kidnapping and murdering thousands of Sunni men.  The so-called 
 “sectarian” conflict, then, has been a direct consequence of U.S. 
 policy."\n—from "The United States Tragic Role in Iraq," by Stephen 
 Zunes, The Progressive, June 20, 2014 \n\nSpeaker:\nDr. Stephen Zunes, 
 Middle East specialist and Professor of Politics and International Studies, 
 University of San Francisco\n\nCo-sponsored by Unitarian Universalists for 
 Peace and Justice–San Francisco\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/16/18771200.php
SUMMARY:“Yemen, ISIS, and Middle East Mayhem: What Progressives Should Know
LOCATION:Fromm Hall, Maier Room (#110), University of San Francisco\n2497 Golden 
 Gate Avenue (at Parker, just behind St. Ignatius Church)\nSan 
 Francisco\nCalifornia\nZip: 94118\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/16/18771200.php
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