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  • Mona in the Field of Crosses (at Camp Casey)
    17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Moses
    “Every voice that comes behind Cindy Sheehan sparks a new voice, and someone else stands up. Someone else is not afraid anymore.” Mona is speaking from the back seat of a Camp Casey shuttle as the Texas prairie speeds past. Today Mona is not afraid what the President will think. But she is worried to death about her son, who is headed for Iraq next month. Mona’s anti-war movement is on a tight schedule indeed. Even the national protests scheduled for Sept. 24-26 in D.C. may (…)

  • Joan Baez to play concert at Camp Casey
    17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Today on the Mike Malloy show, Cindy announced that Joan Baez will be Coming to Camp Casey to play a concert for Cindy and her supporters.
    Woodstock 2005 begins....
    At a time in our country’s history when it was neither safe nor fashionable, Joan put herself on the line countless times, and her life’s work was mirrored in her music. She sang about freedom and Civil Rights everywhere, from the backs of flatbed trucks to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan held a press conference a few minutes ago...
    17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 6:45 p.m. PRESS CONFERENCE
    Deborah Mathews reporting for The Iconoclast
    Cindy Sheehan held a press conference a few minutes ago. Here is what she said:
    "A kind gentleman from down the road offered us the use of his property. It’s right by the barricade. He offered it because he heard about the shots fired. He didn’t think that was right. He happens to be the third cousin of the person that fired the shots and so he came down and he said he supports us 100 (…)

  • Mother’s Iraq-war Protest near Bush Ranch Picks Up Steam
    17 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Hundreds Converge on Peace House, Riling at least One of the President’s Neighbors.
    by Michael Fletcher CRAWFORD, Texas — Barbara Cummings was home in San Diego last Monday, listening to an Air America radio broadcast, when she heard the tale of a woman who was going to join Cindy Sheehan in her growing protest against the war in Iraq.
    The woman on the radio had a son who had signed on for a second tour of duty in the Army after losing his job. In two weeks, he is scheduled to ship out (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan and Camp Casey offered 180 Acres
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Tuesday’s update from the Lone Star Iconoclast includes this huge piece of news- 180 acres have been offered to Cindy Sheehan and the fine folks at Camp Casey.
    http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=7656
    This will provide plenty of space for everyone that wants to come. No more worries about parking on the road and camping in a ditch- this huge field could make the difference.
    Greenday is in Dallas the 20th- wouldn’t it be cool if someone bought 1853 tickets and left that big (…)

  • Crosses vandalized at antiwar mom’s Texas camp site
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A pickup truck ran over wooden crosses erected at anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan’s campsite on Monday night, in the latest sign of tension over the peace vigil outside vacationing President George W. Bush’s Texas ranch.
    Larry Northern, 46, of nearby Waco, Texas, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the incident, Crawford Police Chief Donnie Tidmore said.
    Sheehan has pitched a tent on Prairie Chapel Road, which leads to (…)

  • Parents of fallen Marine make plea to Bush
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    CLEVELAND (AP) - The parents of one of 16 Ohio-based Marines recently killed in Iraq want President Bush to take note of mounting casualties and come up with a new plan to bring the troops home. "The war is not going well. There have to be changes made," Rosemary Palmer, mother of Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, said on Tuesday. "Bush is digging himself a foxhole. He can’t do that. He’s got to move on. Whether he leads them out by putting more troops on the ground or pulling them out - he (…)

  • Important Military Affairs
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Wayne Besen
    The death toll for U.S. forces in Iraq has surpassed 1,800, nearly 14,000 soldiers have been injured, there is no exit strategy and for all of our nation’s bloody sacrifice we have accomplished little more than transforming a secular Iraq into another Iran. With all things swell in sweltering Babylon, it is comforting to know that the Pentagon is paying close attention to military affairs.
    Just this week, for example, four-star general Kevin P. Byrnes was relieved of his (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan: Bush a "maniac & a war criminal!
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Why I must tell the president to stop the war BEFORE ANOTHER SON DIES NEEDLESSLY
    By Cindy Sheehan
    I will never, ever forget the night of April 4, 2004, when I found out that my son Casey had been killed in Iraq.
    I will also never forget the day when we buried my sweet boy, my oldest son. If I live to be a very old lady and forget everything else, I will never forget when the general handed me the folded flag that had lain on Casey’s coffin, as his brother and sisters, standing behind (…)

  • Day 10- Camp Casey to have use of full acre closer to Bush ranch
    16 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Misses and Miracles
    We still have so many great things happening at Camp Casey. In spite of all the smears and lies, people are still coming.
    The most amazing thing today was learning that Camp Caseys are opening and spreading all over the country. They have been set up in Boston, Portland, Seattle, and elsewhere. If you can’t make it to Camp Casey, set up your own version. Camp Caseys are amazing places full of love and hope. I am so gratified that the movement is spreading.
    There is (…)