Posted on 03/06/2006 2:48:41 PM PST by presidio9
Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist whose son was killed in the Iraq war, was arrested with three other protesters in New York on Monday after a rally with women from Iraq.
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Sheehan became a central figure in the U.S. anti-war movement last summer after she camped outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch and has been arrested at least two other times at protests.
On Monday, she had joined a delegation of women from Iraq at the rally at the United Nations, urging the United Nations to help prevent civil war in Iraq.
About 20 protesters went to the U.S. mission to the United Nations to deliver a petition with 60,000 signatures seeking an end to the war. Nobody from the mission received them so Sheehan and three other American women sat down in front of the building, refused to leave, and were arrested.
A police spokesman said they were expected to be released later on Monday.
The Iraqi women plan to deliver a petition to the White House on Wednesday. Earlier they held a news conference at U.N. headquarters calling for the United States to withdraw its forces.
Entisar Mohammad Ariabi, a pharmacist at Baghdad's Yarmook Teaching Hospital, wept as she told reporters of the hardships experienced by Iraqi women.
"U.S. occupation has destroyed our country, made it into a prison," she said. "Schools are bombed, hospitals are bombed."
"We thank you, Mr. Bush, for liberating our country from Saddam. But now, go out! Please go out!" she said.
She's everywhere these days. I wonder what her Frequent Flyer Miles are up to now. She can't possibly be using her own finances to take these trips.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Use the nightstick! The NightSTICK!
Seems like she's having a lot of fun.
I've been trying to tell people that I believe that Cindy Sheehan, Inc. is entirely created and financed by Michael Moore. Her screeds get published first on his site, and their tone sounds very suspiciously like his. She even uses the same tactics (Camp Crawford = Roger & Me.)
And the clincher: Moore himself is silent and has been for awhile. Does anyone seriously believe that the Michigan Manatee could bear to keep his trap shut for so long unless he had something in the works?
He's the strategist and the wallet behind Sheehan. I'd put money on it.
Note to self, next time I intend to get arrested make sure I have a bodysuit on. :)
She looks like the Michelin Man..
Yikes, that is more than I want to see.
And what? Only have 12 minutes of fame?
Whats with her always showing her fatty body? She's so disgusting!
Here ya go.
She is so fake. Even if a person truly believed their cause was right they would not be grinning while being removed by authorities.
"The Taser! Use the taser! Hehehe!"
Pitiful...no, pathetic.
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