Posted on 04/01/2003 12:37:03 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo
Senator Lindsey Graham is one of the hot & bothered patriot U.S. senators who is urging Attorney General Ashcroft to prosecute returning American 'human shields' for war crimes or sedition in Iraq behind enemy lines.
He is reported to have extensively examined the legal possibilities and is convinced there is a case for the 'People of the United States vs. Traitors'.
So that we have an open, running log of these traitorous, idiotic scum either in Baghdad or trying to get out of Baghdad [to save their own skins and desert 'the Iraqi people that need protection'], I hereby provide a partial list below, courtesy the website of their organizations, "Voices in the Wilderness".
Listed below.
THORNE ANDERSON AGE: 35 FROM: NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR --independent photojournalist Carson Thorne Anderson has a BA in psychology from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He taught journalism at the American University in Bulgaria from 1996 to 1998 and has been working since then as an independent photographer based in Bulgaria and Serbia. He was enormously helpful to the Iraq Peace Team while he was with us in late October, November and early December.
CYNTHIA BANAS AGE: 72 FROM: VERNON, NY --retired librarian Cynthia Banas is a retired librarian who worked for 35 years in the school libraries of New York State. She was a teacher in Europe for some years. During the Vietnam war she became active in working for non-violent solutions to disputes among natcompanied refugees returning from Mexico to Guatemala. Also in the early 1990s she was a human rights observer in Heiti. She has visited Iraq twice before and has participated twice in the 40-day fasts to end the sanctions at the United Nations.
CATHY BREEN AGE: 54 FROM: NEW YORK, NY --health and human rights worker Cathy has lived in many places, including Panama, Puerto Rico, and Germany. She later studied Geriatric nursing and worked as a nurse in Hamburg, Germany, as well as obtaining an R.N. degree in the United States. She spent 10 years in Bolivia, working in the area of health and human rights. She was a founding member of Andean Information Network, a grassroots non-governmental organization, where her work focused largely on documenting and publicizing the negative effects of U.S."War on Drugs" in Bolivia and the human rights abuses (arbitrary detentions, wounded, deaths) that were/are a direct effect of those policies. This work took her to Washington, DC, to the U.S. State Department and Senators’ offices.
MARGARET (PEGGY) GISH AGE: 60 FROM: ATHENS, OH --farmer / conflict management consultant Margaret (Peggy) Gish is a farmer and conflict management consultant. She has long been active with the Christian Peacemaker Teams as a Reservist. She participated in the Iraq Peace Team from late October 2002 until late December 2002.
DOUGLAS EDWARD JOHNSON AGE: 44 FROM: LOUISVILLE, KY --organizer / screenplay writer Douglas Johnson attended college at the State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY) where he received a Bachelor's degree in English Literature. After working for the Postal Service for 13 years, he left to join a world-wide organization called Landmark Education, where he received extensive training in sales and public speaking. He is currently between jobs, writing a screenplay, and is very active with the Louisville Committee to Stop the War Against Iraq, a group that has organized peace rallies, forums, candlelight vigils and teach-ins to help stop the war against Iraq and end the sanctions
KATHLEEN KELLY AGE: 50 FROM: CHICAGO, IL --peace activist Kathy Kelly co-founded Voices in the Wilderness in 1996 and has visited Iraq many times, beginning in 1990 with the Gulf Peace Camp.
SCOTT STEVEN KERR AGE: 27 FROM: DOWNERS GROVE, IL --peace activist / co-founder of VitW Mr. Kerr is a graduate of Anderson University. He has been a full-time peace worker in Chiapas, Mexico and in Colombia for the past 3 years.
EDWARD FULLER KINANE AGE: 59 FROM: SYRACUSE, NY --editor / human rights activist Ed Kinane is a former high school teacher in Kenya and college anthropology teacher in the United States. Currently Ed is an editor and long-time human rights activist. He has worked with Peace Brigades International in Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador and Sri Lanka providing unarmed protective accompaniment for local human rights workers targeted by death squads. A persistent critic of the US Army's School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia, in 1996 Ed spent two months in federal prison, and again in '98/'99 spent a year in prison for his nonviolent protests against the School.
CLIFFORD LEE KINDY AGE: 54 FROM: NORTH MANCHESTER, IN --farmer / peace activist Cliff Kindy is a farmer and pacifist. He has long been active with the Christian Peacemaker Teams and served as CPT delegation leader with Iraq Peace Team from October 2002 through December 2002.
CHARLES K. LITEKY AGE: 72 FROM: SAN FRANCISCO, CA --Vietnam Veteran Charles Liteky was in Iraq with Iraq Peace Team from mid-November 2002 to mid-January 2003. He served in the US military in the Vietnam war and later worked for the US government as part of the Veterans Administration. He resigned in 1984 because he opposed US policies in Latin America. In the next years he traveled several times to Central American, studying and protesting US foreign policy there. He is a long-time member of Veterans for Peace and is now involved in organizing against US policy in the Middle East.
LISA DAWN MARTENS AGE: 25 FROM: WINNEPEG, CANADA --peace worker Ms. Martens is a graduate of Canadian Mennonite Bible College. She has worked on issues of water justice in Canada, and has served as a peace worker in Chiapas, Mexico; in Colombia, and in Native communities in North America. (Note: May not count as a Canadian; should prevent from ever visiting the United States in the future. 'Ditto' for the other foreigners in this list).
LISA NDEJURU AGE: 33 FROM: MONTREAL, QUEBEC --Master’s student of religious studies Lisa is preparing for a master’s degree in religious studies at University of Quebec, Montreatl. Through her studies, writing and performance she has worked on and around issues of identity, coexistence, conflict and the necessity for peace. She has completed the curriculum from Violence to wholeness by Pace e Bene and is an active member of the Quebec section of Voices of Women for peace and the Quebec section of the Canadian Peace Alliance.
BETTEJO MARIE PASSALAQUA AGE: 42 FROM: OMAK, WA --teacher Bettejo has been working for peace and justice for the past eight years. She worked in the South Bronx from 1995 to 1997 and has been working with Native Americans since 1997. For the last six years Bettejo has been mentor to Jesuit Volunteers, who work for peace and justice with the local Native American community. Bettejo also developed and teaches a curriculum for the students at the middle and high schools in the community. Bettejo has peacefully protested against capital punishment, the sanctions and new war against Iraq, and for various Native American causes.
NEVILLE WATSON AGE:73 FROM: WEMBLEY DOWNS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA --Methodist Minister Neville Watson is an ordained Methodist Minister and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He traveled to Iraq with Kathy Kelly (October 22, 2002) and then returned to Australia in December 2002 to engage in further outreach and education before rejoining the Iraq Peace Team
REV. JEROME ALEXANDER ZAWADA, OFM AGE: 66 FROM: CEDAR LAKE, IN --Franciscan Priest Jerry Zawada is a Franciscan priest who has worked closely with Kathy Kelly and others in Chicago since 1980, helping to offer hospitality for homeless people, meet concerns of new Central American refugees in our area, nonviolently resist US weapon development, and develop outreach and education regarding economic sanctions and US warfare against Iraq.
SHANE CLAIBORNE AGE: 27 FROM: PHILADELPHIA, PA --co-president of The Simple Way Shane has traveled extensively in the US speaking and engaging in dialogue around issues of peace and justice. In 1998 Shane attended Princeton Theological Seminary. He is on the Board of Directors for the Christian Community Development Association, an organization of grassroots activists committed to justice and reconciliation. He has lived in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s poorest neighborhood, for the past 5 years and is a co-founder of the Simple Way community.
MARTIN LEE EDWARDS AGE: 60 FROM: HEALDSBURG, CA --former manager at SBC Pacifi-Bell Martin has worked as a civilian in Vietnam during the war. He is a Quaker an activist, and a pacifist.
TURCOTTE ROBERT JOSEPH FRANCOIS AGE: 53 FROM: CAP ROUGE, QUEBEC --peace activist Turcotte has been an educator and advocate for the recognition of the rights of handicapped people for over 12 years. After having traveled in 52 countries, in 1993, he accompanied Guatemalan refugees returning. He is currently finalizing a book about attitudes and behaviors in situations of risk.
WADE HUDSON AGE: 58 FROM: BOULDER CREEK, CA --activist / part-time cab driver / writer Wade was born in Little Rock and raised in Dallas. He has worked as a mental health counselor, an intern minister, an economic policy researcher, and an organizer around many social issues. After working for Inlet.org (a progressive portal) for the past 3 years he has decided to concentrate on writing and currently works part-time as a cab driver.
ZEHIRA, HOUFANI AGE: 51 FROM: MONTREAL, QUEBEC --author / journalist Zehira is an author and journalist. A Canadian of Algerian origin, Zehira uses her writing and action to promote peace and solidarity between peoples. She has campaigned for equality and improved conditions for women in Arab countries. She decided to join the Iraq Peace Team to live side by side with the Iraqis during this tragic moment in their history and to expose their suffering to North Americans and the world.
APRIL MARIE HURLEY AGE: 48 FROM: SANTA ROSA, CA --physician April is a Santa Rosa family physician and a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. She is experienced in obstetrics, emergency medicine, minor surgery, pediatric intensive care and homeopathy. She has maintained a solo house-calls practice in the California Central Valley and the Bay Area for over ten years and has provided medical care in women’s prisons and migrant farm worker clinics as well. Dr. Hurley has been advocating for universal health coverage, elderly home care, affordable medicine, and patient autonomy in decisions about dying.
JOONEED “KHAN” JEEROBURKHAN AGE: 58 FROM: MONTREAL, PQ --foreign reporter / analyst Jooneed was born in Mauritius and came to Canada in 1964 as a commonwealth scholar. He is and Arts and Humanities graduate of the University of Montreal. He has been a journalist since 1970, first with the Canadian Press news agency, then for 26 years as a foreign reporter and analyst with LA PRESSE. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and reported on many countries in the region, Including Iraq before the 1991 war.
MARY LYNN SCHOEN AGE: 48 FROM: CINCINNATI, OH --theologian Mary has been a professor of Theology since 1996 at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has worked extensively as a community organizer.
Wonder what she grows....hmmmm.
Let's get organized, especially Freepers from South Carolina, and those who may also have relatives in the military from there, to appeal to the Senator to keep the heat on.
As S.C. constituents, their voices will have the greatest effect.
I doubt if there are many idiotic sap human shields or their sycophant supporters there in South Carolina that will counterbalance. This should be smoooooth sailing. Thanks!
SCOTT STEVEN KERR AGE: 27 FROM: DOWNERS GROVE, IL --peace activist
Now there's a job that brings home the bacon.
LISA DAWN MARTENS AGE: 25 FROM: WINNEPEG, CANADA --peace worker
Maybe together their income can -- wait -- do they get paid for this?
LISA NDEJURU AGE: 33 FROM: MONTREAL, QUEBEC --Master’s student of religious studies
33 and still in school. The mental anguish probably drove her insane.
SHANE CLAIBORNE AGE: 27 FROM: PHILADELPHIA, PA --co-president of The Simple Way
Hey a peace "worker" with a domain name. He could at least afford the $60 DNS registration.
Everyone else looks to be just retired and bored. Probably opining of the old days when they held the "Make Love Not War" signs. One last act of defiance before they pass on.
This dude is a little old to be a Viet vet, enlisted?
Check out Shane's article. He talks about destroyed buses and ambulances. Attributes it to the Americans. Then goes on to talk about one of their vehicles bursting a tire and turning over into a 10ft ditch. All I can imagine is the next dumbass driving up that road and thinking -- "look at what the Americans did to that car!"
Just because its destroyed in Iraq doesn't mean WE did it -- these people are morons.
Never thought he'd have had the cojones.
Dan
In earlier times they and their ilk would have been given the musket or the rope.
I say they get beaucoups jail time and fines for this stunt.
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