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  • Death of Iraqi brothers sparks anti-U.S. rage
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Michael Georgy
    BAGHDAD - An angry Iraqi crowd carried coffins through a Baghdad district on Thursday and threw rocks at American soldiers, accusing U.S. troops of killing three innocent middle-aged brothers, one of them in a wheelchair.
    The U.S. military said they had killed three "terrorists".
    "They call everybody terrorists but they just commit terrorist acts whenever they want," said Mohsen Thabit, a friend of the men whom neighbours found shot in the head at home after a raid by (…)

  • Make sure ’Gaza first’ is not ’Gaza last’
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Mustafa Barghouthi
    RAMALLAH, West Bank As Palestinian factions vie for credit for Israel’s disengagement from Gaza, many forget that the success really belongs to the ordinary men, women and children of Palestine who have remained in their homeland during 38 years of devastating occupation and clung to the belief in the justice of their cause. The disengagement is a direct result of their patience and resilience, and now the occupation has only one direction to go - backward. Serious (…)

  • At Least They’re Honest
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Force Ministries mixes killing & Christianity
    by Greg Lloyd Smith
    SAN DIEGO, CA — (OfficialWire) — 08/20/05 — Throughout history, religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars, suffering, and misery. Without exception, in the name of God, more suffering has been inflicted than by any other manmade cause.
    So it should not surprise you to learn of Force Ministries, a San Diego-based organization that purports to be aligned to the Christian-faith, albeit one that (…)

  • The Neo-cons Never Accounted for the Cindy Sheehans of America
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Neo-cons Never Accounted for the Cindy Sheehans of America
    by Stan Moore (Thursday August 18 2005)
    "Empires are never benevolent enterprises. Empires are expressions of force, usually for reasons of accumulating wealth and power. Empires take lives from their own citizens and from those they rule."
    The Neo-cons thought they had in all figured out when they planned their Pax Americana. They were going to rule the entire world, taking strategic resources for America, keeping (…)

  • Leaving Camp Casey :My Mom
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Leaving Camp Casey
    The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford
    Today started out okay. I did my usual stint with Mark and Mark on the Morning Sedition on Air America Radio. I always love talking to them because they are so funny and smart. We have a 7:10am time. Nightline was also following me to do a "Day in the Life of Cindy Sheehan" piece so they got there nice and early to mic me up. I gave two interviews early this morning where I said that the Camp Casey Peace Movement has taken on a life (…)

  • Exclusive Interview with Cindy Sheehan After Mother’s Stroke: "I Want to Get Back As Soon As Possible"
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Crawford Vigil Is Not Over
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    Cindy Sheehan had to leave Crawford temporarily after her mother suffered a stroke. She spoke with Democracy Now! in the airport on her way to Los Angeles. She said that also she left her vigil without meeting with President Bush, she said, "This Camp Casey movement is bigger than me. It’s growing, it’s bigger than any of us."
    Cindy Sheehan went on, "I believe that it is (…)

  • For Cindy: There is no Glory in Dying
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Monica Benderman
    From Sgt. Kevin Benderman - Prisoner of Conscience for objecting to war:
    “I have come to the conclusion that the Creator does not want us to fight wars or to leave our brothers to die in hunger or disease. We have been given the things we need to provide all men on the planet with what they need to get by in this world. Why should I not help another human being that needs what I can help them with? I have ignored that for far too long. I have turned my head when the (…)

  • Vietnam, Reloaded
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Steven LaTulippe
    Scanning the news these past few weeks has been somewhat of a surreal experience. Our cowboy president has been holed up in his Texas ranch trying to put a positive spin on his seemingly endless military conflict in the East. Jane Fonda has been taking flak for her planned antiwar bus excursion, and the Rolling Stones are kicking off a huge summer concert tour.
    It’s like we’re all living inside an episode of a new tragic sitcom called That 60s Show. One could even (…)

  • Camp Casey Music Lineup: Marcia Ball Friday, Joan Baez Sunday-Rumors of Steve Earle, James McMurtry
    20 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Marcia Ball: Report from Camp Casey
    Dear friends,
    This is a note which I hope you will pass along about Cindy Sheehan’s vigil in Crawford. As most of you know, Cindy had to leave yesterday because her mother had a stroke. Still, most of the people who had gathered around her there are continuing the demonstration.
    There are Gold Star Mothers, Military Families Speak Out, Code Pink and many individuals who have lost family members in the war in Iraq or who have people serving there now. (…)

  • Statement about a joint rally and joint march for September 24
    19 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The two major antiwar coalitions that have initiated and organized for a massive antiwar March on Washington for September 24 have agreed to organize a joint rally followed by a joint march.
    Both coalitions will organize under their own banners, slogans and with their own literature for the September 24 demonstration.
    The joint rally will begin at 11:30 am at the Ellipse in the front of the White House.
    We urge everyone around the country to unite and come out for the largest possible (…)