Posted on 12/01/2005 7:36:27 PM PST by Doctor Raoul
I N T E R N A T I O N A L Cindy Sheehan exposes media
Havana.
December 1, 2005
campaign against her
WASHINGTON, November 30.—Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, the mother of U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, today exposed a media campaign designed to discredit her ability to mobilize U.S. citizens against the war, she revealed to Prensa Latina.
In a statement posted on the website Editor & Publicist, Sheehan stated that stories and photos published by AP and Reuters, portray a false image of her most recent action in Texas.
According to the peace movement leader, the U.S. press published a photo of her—alone—while she was waiting for people to attend the launch of her book Not One More Mother’s Child, giving the impression that it was not well received.
She also criticized The Washington Post summary of this activity, which stated that less than 100 people attended the launch; however Sheehan assured that 100 preview copies of the book were sold at the event.
She explained that her photo was taken while she was waiting to autograph books for those in attendance. She announced that $2,000 was raised for the peace cause from book’s sale.
At this event, the peace activists also unveiled an anti-war monument and held a vigil.
“We’re here to say that the killing has to stop,” emphasized Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed last year in an ambush near Baghdad.
The peace activist is one of more that 2,100 U.S. women who have lost their sons or husbands in Iraq since President Bush ordered the armed aggression in March, 2003.
She is going from strength to strength (/sarc) or so it seems.
Birds of a feather...
Pong! Thanks.
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