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Pakistan grabs Code Pink protesters
The Washington Times ^
| 12/4/2007
| S.A. Miller
Posted on 12/04/2007 12:26:26 PM PST by mmanager
Pakistan police today arrested the leader of the feminist U.S. antiwar group Code Pink, who was in Lahore for a student peace rally, according to a spokeswoman for the group.
Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the group, was arrested by plainclothes police with guns drawn and taken to a police station in Lahore, spokeswoman Dana Balicki said.
Police also arrested Tighe Barry, a longtime Code Pink activist, who was participating with the student rally outside the Lahore Press Club.
The students were protesting the emergency rule imposed Nov. 3 by President Pervez Musharraf.
Police told Ms. Benjamin and Mr. Barry they had to leave the country because their visas had expired, Ms. Balicki said, adding that their visas were valid.
"The government agents grabbed Barry by the arm and tried to hold him. Benjamin got help from some journalists, who managed to escort the two activists inside the club," Ms. Balicki said.
She said that when Ms. Benjamin and Mr. Barry left the club, the plainclothes police on three motorcycles followed the car through the city and then, with guns drawn, arrested the pair.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: codepink; medea; medeabenjamin; pinkos; socialist; stupid; traitor; treason
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Hey Pinko's, your not in Kansas anymore!! This is sooo rich!
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:26:27 PM PST
by
mmanager
To: mmanager
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:27:32 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("On illegal immigration, Huckabee makes George Bush sound like Tom Tancredo." - Ann Coulter)
To: mmanager
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:28:07 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: mmanager
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:28:07 PM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: buford
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:28:11 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Just enforce the law!)
To: mmanager
Oh maaaaaaaan, I want to be so nasty but I won’t. I hope they come home safely. No I do. I’M SERIOUS!
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:28:13 PM PST
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: mmanager
Please tell me that we don’t have an extradition treaty with Pakistan....
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:28:38 PM PST
by
Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
(Conservatives - Freedom WITH responsibility; Libertarians - Freedom FROM responsibility)
To: mmanager
Welcome to islam you infidel whore...this is not the Christian west...
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:30:39 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: mmanager
This made my day. Welcome to the real world Pinkies.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:31:01 PM PST
by
donnab
(saving liberal brains...one moron at a time.)
To: mmanager
Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the group, was arrested by plainclothes police with guns drawn and taken to a police station in Lahore
Throw her in prison with the male population - she'll be safe there!
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:31:04 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: Minn
Is “Medea Benjamin” satire ... or real?
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:31:10 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: mmanager
I remember seeing Pakistan police on "Cops".
They have some effective interrogation techniques.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:31:44 PM PST
by
AU72
To: mmanager
Too bad Cindy Sheehan wasn’t there with them.
To: mmanager
Maybe they can volunteer their services as human shields and then bitch when placed at military installations and weapons plants.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:32:31 PM PST
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: mmanager; Doctor Raoul
To: rightinthemiddle
They need to airlift them to the Afgan/Pak border, drop them off and let the Taliban protect them.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:32:50 PM PST
by
mmanager
(Fred is choosing the field for battle and he likes the view.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Is “Medea Benjamin” satire ... or real?She's real.
Maybe the Paki military will hand her over to Al Qaeda.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:33:14 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("On illegal immigration, Huckabee makes George Bush sound like Tom Tancredo." - Ann Coulter)
To: mmanager; wazoo1031; Tennessean4Bush; elhombrelibre
Oh, I'm just
loving this.
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:33:22 PM PST
by
Allegra
(Greetings from a kinder, gentler Iraq. God bless US and Coalition Forces.)
To: domenad
I believe you. No I do. I’M SERIOUS!
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:33:27 PM PST
by
basil
(Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
To: BufordP
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posted on
12/04/2007 12:33:31 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Just enforce the law!)
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