Prof Khalil Marrar teaches history, religion and politics at DePaul University and is the author of The Arab Lobby and US Foreign Policy: The Two State Solution;

Prof Scott Hibbard teaches Middle Eastern politics, American foreign policy and international relations at DePaul University and has published widely in scholarly journals; and

Larry Everest has covered the Middle East and Central Asia for Revolution newspaper for more than 20 years, traveled to Iran in 1979 and 1980, and is the author of Oil, Power and Empire.

More signs seem to arrive with each day's news: “US Weighing Readiness for Military Action against Iran,” reported Ann Tyson in the Washington Post on Saturday, April 26. Admiral Fallon, who spoke out publicly against an attack on Iran, was forced to resign from his position as head of CENTCOM in March, and now General Petraeus, who backed Bush and Cheney in targeting Iran as he commanded the occupation of Iraq, is appointed to replace him.

What's behind all this? What could be propelling the US toward what would constitute a further massive escalation of the criminal war against Iraq? Come hear these thought-provoking and informative speakers and join this urgent discussion.

NOTE: The No War on Iran Coalition, in which World Can't Wait participates, calls on Chicagoans to support a resolution coming before the Chicago City Council in May.
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