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Iraq Car Bomb Kills American Activist
Associated Press ^
| 4/17/05
| Associated Press
Posted on 04/17/2005 5:10:12 PM PDT by jimbo123
SAN FRANCISCO - A woman who founded a humanitarian group to aid civilian casualties in Iraq has died in a car bombing in Baghdad, officials said Sunday.
Marla Ruzicka, founder of Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, died Saturday in the blast, which also killed an Iraqi and another foreigner, officials said. She had been in Iraq conducting door-to-door surveys trying to determine the number of civilian casualties in the country.
Ruzicka, 28, founded CIVIC in 2003 to "mitigate the impact of the conflict and its aftermath on the people of Iraq by ensuring that timely and effective life-saving assistance is provided to those in need," according to the group's Web site.
Ruzicka's parents said Sunday they were notified of her death just hours after the explosion. U.S. Embassy officials publicly released Ruzicka's name Sunday.
"We've been very worried about her but we know better than to tell our children not to do anything. We were supportive and just reminded her to be careful," said her mother, Nancy Ruzicka, of Lakeport.
She said her daughter had left her a telephone message the night before her death that said, "Mom and dad, I love you. I'm OK."
"She cared about people and gave people her love and help," Nancy Ruzicka said. "I'll remember the love she spread around the world and the good ambassador that she was for her country."
Ruzicka got her start working for non-governmental organizations 10 years ago at the San Francisco-based human rights group Global Exchange.
"It's a terrible tragedy and a tragic irony that somebody who devoted her life to helping the victims of war would herself become a victim of war," said Medea Benjamin, the group's director.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: carbombing; civic; codepink; globalexchange; hateamericafilth; hatingamerica; humanshields; iraq; marlaruzicka; medeabenjamin; otheirony; ruzicka; soros; usefulidiots
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To: neptune235
"but to condemn her instead of the TERRORIST SUICIDE BOMBER WHO KILLED HER is ridiculous."
LOL
As if she would have done the same. Is it tragedy she died? Not really. She is in a war zone. Is it a pitty? I suppose one could look at it like that. Then again the irony is that she was killed by the very people she directly or indirectly was trying to help.
I wonder if she wept for soldiers of her own country who died fighting the same people who killed her?
Don't you?
To: neptune235
"but to condemn her instead of the TERRORIST SUICIDE BOMBER WHO KILLED HER is ridiculous."
LOL
As if she would have done the same. Is it tragedy she died? Not really. She is in a war zone. Is it a pitty? I suppose one could look at it like that. Then again the irony is that she was killed by the very people she directly or indirectly was trying to help.
I wonder if she wept for soldiers of her own country who died fighting the same people who killed her?
Don't you?
To: armymarinemom
Keep in mind that this treasonous useful idiot supports groups that have attempted to kill my sons.Having a child in uniform has sure made me a lot less willing to put up with the petulant left.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:33:08 PM PDT
by
niteowl77
(I hate it when I partonize myself.)
To: neptune235
"...because she was an anti-war humanitarian."Let me help you with that -- she was only anti-war when America was fighting the war. If Castro wants to murder people in Angola, she's not "anti-war." Nor is she "anti-war" if islamists, communists or any other enemy of America wants to engage in war. Her "humanitarianism" is highly selective. When Saddam was torturing and murdering hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and gassing others to death, she wasn't too concerned.
Ever wonder why?
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:36:17 PM PDT
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: Great Prophet Zarquon
Sorry about that. I didn't ping you when I was referring to you in post #138.
145
posted on
04/17/2005 6:37:11 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: edskid
Having a child in uniform has sure made me a lot less willing to put up with the petulant left. Amen to that! This woman essentially was killed by friendly fire.
146
posted on
04/17/2005 6:38:41 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: philz
She had an American drivers license but then, anyone can get one of those nowdays.
147
posted on
04/17/2005 6:39:58 PM PDT
by
fish hawk
(I am only one, but I am not the only one.)
To: jimbo123
148
posted on
04/17/2005 6:41:34 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: jimbo123
149
posted on
04/17/2005 6:42:43 PM PDT
by
jec41
(Screaming Eagle)
To: Thumper1960
"Tim McVeigh was an American. So was Benedict Arnold."The examples I would have cited are Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs.
150
posted on
04/17/2005 6:42:44 PM PDT
by
Bonaparte
(Of course, it must look like an accident...)
To: devolve
She was also in Afghanistan - helping to kill one of my cousins in the US military
She succeeded - 3 died + a CIA agent
How did she help kill your cousin? I am looking at information on this woman and she looks like some regular vaguely leftist peacenik. What did she do?
To: neptune235
Though it be a harsh thing to believe, I do believe that any event that finds its way to eliminating an enemy of freedom, capitalism and the West, is a good and providential event.
The irony of two forces, acting in two different ways, seeking to eliminate a third entity, but resulting in "friendly fire", that irony is quite delicious.
Such are the quirky ways of fate and karma.
152
posted on
04/17/2005 6:44:02 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
To: jimbo123
Follow the money.
Glenn Kessler | Washington Post Staff Writer | Monday, August 23, 2004 | Excerpt:...Ruzicka's organization operates on an annual budget of about $100,000, funded now in large part by the Open Society Institute, a George Soros organization, with low-cost rental space provided by Human Rights Watch.
Link
To: Bonaparte
Sad that so many have been so vile, yet are so revered by so many fools.
154
posted on
04/17/2005 6:45:05 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
To: Thumper1960
A lot of people dying at the hands of a terrorist is not a providential event.
To: nothingnew; Archie Bunker on steroids
Is dis wat youse was lookin' for meathead?
156
posted on
04/17/2005 6:48:18 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Abortion and "euthanasia" - the twin destroyers of the Democrat Party.)
To: neptune235
One leftist fool is enough.
157
posted on
04/17/2005 6:48:55 PM PDT
by
Thumper1960
("It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed."-V.I.Lenin)
Comment #158 Removed by Moderator
To: jimbo123
Suicide by Islamic Terrorist?
159
posted on
04/17/2005 6:55:17 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(Proud Submariner)
To: Drew68
Gee, why is it that she looks like such a wiseass in that picture in front of those troops?
It's just too ironic that the "resistance" that she and her cronies on the left helped to perpetuate ended up killing her. Pathetic, but not suprising.
Hey, Drew...how goes your USN hitch?
160
posted on
04/17/2005 6:57:46 PM PDT
by
AngryJawa
(Will Work For Ammo)
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