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  • The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford: Exhaustion
    27 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Cindy Sheehan
    I finally figured out George Bush’s NEW reason for staying in Iraq. This reason has also been co-opted by the Move America Forward (forward to what: Fascism?) and the poor mothers who would be honored if their sons were killed in George Bush’s war for greed and power.
    Since the Freedom and Democracy thing is not going so well and the Iraqi parliament is having such a hard time writing their constitution, since violence is mounting against Iraqis and Americans, and since (…)

  • False Freedom isn’t Free - The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford - Day 19
    26 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Cindy Sheehan
    Today when I was driving back and forth between Camp Casey II and the Crawford Peace House, I saw a lot of signs that say "I’m4W" "Support our Troops" and the one I hate the most: "Freedom isn’t Free." I have excerpted an article I wrote a few months ago called: A Lie of Historic Proportions. I am not feeling well tonight, so I am heading to bed before six a.m. tonight.
    Iraq has been the tragic Lie of Historic Proportions of Washington, DC since before the first Gulf (…)

  • The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford (Day 18)
    26 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, Texas
    I got up really early today to head back to Camp Casey. On the way, I had some amazing conversations with people. In one of those conversations, I was talking to Tyler who was sitting next to me on one of the planes. We were not talking about me and what I have been doing. Randomly, he told me he had just been in Texas about an hour north of Crawford. I said: "Wow that’s where I am going and that’s where I have been all month." He said: "I know I own a (…)

  • My Response to George as he Speaks From his Vacation Away From his Vacation
    24 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Cindy Sheehan
    "President Bush charged Tuesday that anti-war protesters like Cindy Sheehan who want troops brought home immediately do not represent the views of most U.S. military families and are ’advocating a policy that would weaken the United States.’"
    Bringing our troops home from the quagmire that he has gotten us into will be weakening the United States? George: even if you pretend you didn’t know that Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction and Iraq was not threat to (…)

  • 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 (…)

  • Anti-war protester Sheehan leaving camp because of mother’s stroke
    19 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    CRAWFORD, Texas - The grieving mother who started an anti-war demonstration near President Bush’s ranch nearly two weeks ago said Thursday she was leaving because her mother had a stroke.
    Cindy Sheehan told reporters she had just received the phone call and would rush to her 74-year-old mother’s side. Her mother lives in the Los Angeles area.
    "I’ll be back as soon as possible if it’s possible," Sheehan said. After hugging some of her supporters, she got in a van and left.
    Sheehan, of (…)

  • The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford (Day 11 - 12)
    18 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Peaceful Occupation of Crawford (Day 12); Vigils
    by Cindy Sheehan, Crawford, TX
    Our candlelight vigil at Camp Casey was beautiful tonight. There were hundreds of people here and we are hearing that hundreds of people were involved in vigils around the country. We at Camp Casey are so amazed and gratified that there were almost 1700 vigils around the country.
    CNN followed me around for the morning to do a ’Day in the Life’ of Cindy Sheehan. I kept asking them if they were falling (…)

  • 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 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 (…)

  • 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 (…)