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Antiwar activists rally around suspected leaker
Yahoo! News ^ | August 19, 2010 | DAVID DISHNEAU,

Posted on 08/19/2010 2:54:56 PM PDT by StrangeFeathers

HAGERSTOWN, Md. – The Army private suspected in one of the largest unauthorized disclosures of classified information in U.S. history has become a hero to many anti-war activists who have joined an international effort to free him.

At demonstrations this month in New York, Oklahoma City and Quantico, Va., where Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is being held, dozens of supporters have shouted that "Blowing the whistle on war crimes is not a crime."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bradleymanning; leaker; wikileaks

1 posted on 08/19/2010 2:54:59 PM PDT by StrangeFeathers
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To: StrangeFeathers

Round them up...


2 posted on 08/19/2010 3:03:20 PM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompetence..)
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To: Crim

Yup, typical antiwar punks. Our country has tolerated them for far too long.


3 posted on 08/19/2010 3:05:33 PM PDT by StrangeFeathers
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To: StrangeFeathers

If it’s treason in a time if war, it’s not a “leak”.


4 posted on 08/19/2010 3:13:05 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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To: StrangeFeathers

Did they have to push the gay activists out of the way?


5 posted on 08/19/2010 3:15:21 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: StrangeFeathers
Yup, typical antiwar punks. Our country has tolerated them for far too long.

I sometimes think we need 10 years of somebody like Augusto Pinochet or Franco to clean up the mess liberals have made of the country

6 posted on 08/19/2010 3:33:27 PM PDT by Charlespg
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To: StrangeFeathers
Yup, typical antiwar punks. Our country has tolerated them for far too long.

I sometimes think we need 10 years of somebody like Augusto Pinochet or Franco to clean up the mess liberals have made of the country

7 posted on 08/19/2010 3:33:30 PM PDT by Charlespg
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To: StrangeFeathers

If this doesn’t expose the true motives and colors of the “anti-war” movement to the general public, nothing will.


8 posted on 08/19/2010 3:37:04 PM PDT by Left2Right (Starve the Beast!)
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To: StrangeFeathers
supporters have shouted that "Blowing the whistle on war crimes is not a crime."

Leaking classified documents IS a crime. And when you leak it to enemies, it is TREASON.

9 posted on 08/19/2010 4:10:06 PM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Thanks StrangeFeathers.
10 posted on 08/19/2010 7:05:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: StrangeFeathers
Loved the last two sentences

"But the American Veterans For Equal Rights, which also opposes "don't ask, don't tell," says Manning is a traitor.

"The guy is disturbed and it's not because he's gay," said Denny Meyer, the group's national spokesman. "If he were sentenced to death, I'd volunteer to pull the trigger."

American Veterans For Equal Rights is a gay, lesbian, transgendered, etc., organization that seems patriotic. While in the service I did not know any gay service members but I knew some lesbians service members and yes they were patriotic.

11 posted on 08/19/2010 9:33:33 PM PDT by BBell
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