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20050926
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- "Sheehan
Arrested During Antiwar Protest." ... "Cindy Sheehan,
whose protest camp outside President Bush's vacation home in Texas became
a focal point of the antiwar movement this summer, was arrested today outside
the White House at the head of a civil disobedience campaign intended to
dramatize the opposition to the war in Iraq." ... "On the third day of
demonstrations that brought tens of thousands of opponents to the war to
Washington on Saturday, a much smaller group sat down in front of the executive
mansion, after being refused an opportunity to meet with a White House
staff member." -By Ryan G. Murphy and Emma Vaughn
-LAtimes
20050831
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- "Sheehan,
war protesters leave Texas camp." ... "After a 26-day
vigil that ignited the anti-war movement, Cindy Sheehan took her protest
on the road Wednesday, while a handful of veterans pledged to continue
camping off the road leading to President Bush's ranch until the war in
Iraq ends." ... "Rather than heading home to California, the mother of
a 24-year-old soldier who died in Iraq boarded one of three buses heading
out on tour to spread her message." ... "The group plans to stop in 25
states during the next three weeks, then take Sheehan's "Bring Them Home
Now Tour" to the nation's capital for a Sept. 24 anti-war march." -By
Angela K. Brown -AP
via -BostonGlobe
20050826
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Sheehan
- "Sheehan
planning antiwar bus tour." ... "Cindy Sheehan said
yesterday that the antiwar vigil she started nearly three weeks ago near
President Bush's ranch won't end when she and other protesters pack up
their camp next week." ... "Sheehan, whose son died in the Iraq war, said
that the day after she leaves Crawford on Aug. 31, she will embark on a
bus tour ending in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. Then the group will start
a 24-hour vigil there." ... "''I am not alone," she said at a news conference
yesterday. ''There's the people standing behind me here, but there's thousands
of military families . . . who want the same answers to the same questions.""
-By Angela K. Brown -AP
via -Boston/Globe
20050825
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Sheehan
- "Sheehan
resumes protest vigil." ... "A day after she returned
to the helm of a protest against President Bush's policy in Iraq, Cindy
Sheehan expressed satisfaction Thursday about the peace movement she helped
invigorate." ... ""When I left, it thrived, and it grew, and it's because
I'm not alone," said the 48-year-old mother of Casey Sheehan, who was killed
last year while serving in Iraq. "I'm not the only one who wants answers
to these questions."" -CNN
20050818
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- "Soldier's
Mother Inspires Protests Across U.S.." ... "Antiwar
demonstrators staged candlelight vigils around the country Wednesday evening,
freshly energized by the tenacity of Cindy Sheehan, the California mother
of a fallen soldier, who has camped out for almost two weeks near President
Bush's central Texas ranch, demanding a face-to-face meeting with him."
... "In all, MoveOn.org, a liberal group that helped promote the vigils,
said that about 100,000 supporters of Sheehan would gather at more than
1,400 sites nationwide, though by Wednesday afternoon about 60,000 had
signed up on the organization's website." ... ""My experience is that the
number of people who attend is significantly higher than those who RSVP,"
said Tom Matzzie, MoveOn.org's Washington director. The vigils were not
even planned until four days ago, he said. Matzzie credited Sheehan with
helping to "personalize the cost of war."" ... "He said that until now,
the majority of the American people had been desensitized to the conflict."
-By Edwin Chen with contributions by Cynthia H. Cho,
Warren Vieth, and Veronica Torrejon
-LAtimes
20050808
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- "Of
the Many Deaths in Iraq, One Mother's Loss Becomes a Problem for the President."
... "As the mother of an Army specialist who was killed at age 24 in the
Sadr City section of Baghdad on April 4, 2004, Ms. Sheehan's story is certainly
compelling. She is also articulate, aggressive in delivering her message
and has information that most White House reporters have not heard before:
how Mr. Bush handles himself when he meets behind closed doors with the
families of soldiers killed in Iraq." ... "In Ms. Sheehan's telling, though,
Mr. Bush did not know her son's name when she and her family met with him
in June 2004 at Fort Lewis. Mr. Bush, she said, acted as if he were at
a party and behaved disrespectfully toward her by referring to her as "Mom"
throughout the meeting." ... "By Ms. Sheehan's account, Mr. Bush said to
her that he could not imagine losing a loved one like an aunt or uncle
or cousin. Ms. Sheehan said she broke in and told Mr. Bush that Casey was
her son, and that she thought he could imagine what it would be like since
he has two daughters and that he should think about what it would be like
sending them off to war." -By Richard W. Stevenson
-NYTimes
20050807
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- TX
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- "Bush
Aides Meet Angry Mother of Fallen Soldier: The California
woman, unassuaged, says she'll wait in Texas to discuss Iraq with the president."
... "After her [Cindy Sheehan] conversation with national security advisor
Stephen Hadley and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, Sheehan
said in an interview that she would remain in Crawford and continue to
seek a meeting with Bush. "I didn't change my mind at all," she said. "They
said the president really believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass
destruction," Sheehan said. "And I told them: 'I might be a grieving
mom, but you men are very intelligent, and I know you don't believe what
you're telling me.'"" ... "She told reporters here that she not only opposed
the war but objected to Bush's assertions that U.S. soldiers had died "for
a noble cause." "I don't want him to use my son's name, or my name, to
justify any more killings. And I want to tell the president that, and I
want to ask the president why my son died," Sheehan said, contending that
the war was "based on horrendous lies and deceptions."" -By
Edwin Chen -LAtimes
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- TX
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- "Anti-war
protesters go after Bush at home: Group, which included
mothers of soldiers killed in Iraq, is halted 5 miles from ranch." ...
"Some U.S. veterans of the Iraq war and mothers of men who died in combat
there joined an anti-war protest near President Bush's [Texas] ranch Saturday
and predictably were stopped from delivering to Bush their demand to bring
American troops home." ... "The demonstration by about 50 people was led
by Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., who said her son Casey was killed
in Baghdad in April 2004. She said she was motivated to protest by Bush's
remark last week in Dallas that those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan
sacrificed their lives for a noble cause." ... ""I want to ask George Bush
what noble cause my son died for," she said. "I don't want him to use my
son's name or my family's name to justify more killing."" -By
Michael Hedges -HoustonChronicle.com
20050806
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- CA
- TX
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- "Mom
Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides." ... "Supported
by more than 50 demonstrators who chanted, "W. killed her son!" Cindy Sheehan
told reporters: "I want to ask the president, 'Why did you kill my son?
What did my son die for?'" Sheehan, 48, didn't get to see Bush, but did
talk about 45 minutes with national security adviser Steve Hadley and deputy
White House chief of staff Joe Hagin, who went out to hear her concerns."
... "Appreciative of their attention, yet undaunted, Sheehan said she planned
to continue her roadside vigil, except for a few breaks, until she gets
to talk to Bush. Her son, Casey, 24, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on
April 4, 2004. He was an Army specialist, a Humvee mechanic." -By
Deb Riechmann -AP
via-WashingtonPost
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