[CIMC-work] New Story block - Brian Avery in Chicago.

[DickReilly at aol.com]

Hi all.

Below is the text -  minus embedded links - for the Brian Avery storyblock. 
Will also include related story links and org. links at the bottom of the text, 
as well as a jpeg of Avery.  Chris G will probably edit this a bit, so there 
may be minor changes. Will post later this afternoon, unless there are blocks 
from the collective. As usual feel free to amend or revise. 

-Dick 

Text: 

On 5 April 2003, Israeli occupation troops in the West Bank city of Jenin 
shot International Solidarity Movement activist Brian Avery in the face from an 
armored personnel carrier. Both Avery -- a 24-year-old U.S.citizen from 
Albuquerque, New Mexico -- and another ISM activist who was with him were clearly 
marked as observers, and were standing still with their hands in the air from the 
moment they heard the APC lumber down the street. Israeli military sources 
and corporate news accounts intially dismissed the attack as an accident -- a 
claim that has since been debunked.

Brian was severely wounded in the incident. Since his return to the US, he 
has already undergone three facial reconstruction operations and faces at least 
two more in the near future.  

The Chicago chapter of the ISM is coordinating a speaking tour by Brian Avery 
in Chicago and Illinois from January 10 - 20.  Endorsing organizations 
include the Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace, Chicago Coalition Against 
War And Racism, Palestine Aid Society, Stone Soup Cooperative, Voices In The 
Wilderness, Not In My Name, Genewise, American Friends Service Committee, and 
Northwest Suburban SUSTAIN.  Tour organizers hope to raise funds for the "Brian 
Avery Medical Fund" -- and public awareness of the absymal conditions 
Palestinians continue to endure under Israeli occupation. Read More : 

- CIMC Wire url

Brian Avery Speaking Tour in Chicago: Jan. 10 - 20 
http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/34536/index.php


- Related Articles
<a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1332.shtml">American peace 
activist shot in the face from an Israeli APC in Jenin - ISM</a>
Photo Story: <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1607.shtml">
Injured ISM activist Brian Avery returns home - Electronic Intifada</a>
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