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A US Army camp in South Korea mistakenly blasted out an emergency air raid siren Thursday night instead of the usual playing of taps — sparking alarm after threats from North Korea about a mysterious “Christmas gift” for President Trump, according to a report.

Cindy Sheehan brings Camp Casey to Martha’s Vineyard. Meanwhile, the mainstream media is as apathetic about her new protest as they are about an Afghan body count. As the President’s strategy in Afghanistan appears to be failing worse than his economic policies, and his promise to end American military involvements overseas is withering alongside health care reform, recalling those lofty promises from last year’s campaign is like looking at a marriage proposal from the other side of a Las Vegas hangover. Outside a short article by the AP there is very little coverage of Cindy Sheehan. The woman who once...

snip I've studied Mr. Ayers's work for years and read most of his books. His hatred of America is as virulent as when he planted a bomb at the Pentagon. And this hatred informs his educational "reform" efforts. snip Mr. Ayers was hired by the Chicago public schools to train teachers, and played a leading role in the $160 million Annenberg Challenge grant that distributed funds to a host of so-called school-reform projects, including some social-justice themed schools and schools organized by Acorn. Barack Obama became the first chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge organization in 1995....

Peace activists are hoping this weekend's anti-war protest in Kennebunkport will be a catalyst for broadening the anti-war movement to encompass environmental, labor, health care and social justice issues. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer Bob Walter, husband of protest organizer Jamilla el Sharfei, makes signs Thursday for the weekend event. "We need to talk about the systemic change that is needed in our country to keep us from going into future wars," said Jamilla el Sharfei, the event organizer. El Sharfei has been planning the three-day protest for almost a year, and has worked to supplement the anti-war theme by including representatives...

CRAWFORD, Tex. It was just two years ago that Cindy Sheehan pierced the national consciousness with her roadside vigil near President Bush's Texas ranch in protest of the Iraq war. Several thousand demonstrators came to Crawford to join Sheehan in 2005, capturing the international media spotlight and seemingly crystallizing the antiwar movement. Before long, Sheehan was transformed from a grieving mother moved to protest by the loss of her son in Iraq into a globe-trotting antiwar hero. Eventually banned from the roadside, she bought five acres of land to serve as a base for future protests, dubbing it Camp Casey...

While US public has heavily turned against the Iraq war, the protest site near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch had just one permanent demonstrator Wednesday -- two if you count the dog. "She's full time, and I'm full time," Carl Rising-Moore, 61, said cheerfully of "Sunny," a frisky stray dog bounding around the arid grounds of the camp that anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan set up in tribute to her slain Iraq soldier son. Rising-Moore, a Canadian-born naturalized US citizen, said he runs workshops on how to hold non-violent protests and that the goal is to "create a movement here"...

shirt reads...'Justice for John M. Torres Murdered by U.S. Army in Afghanistan'

DEL MAR – A lifetime of quiet activism propelled ex-anchorwoman Bree Walker to take over what many consider ground zero of the anti-war movement. Last Saturday, she handed a check for $87,000 to peace activist Cindy Sheehan for 5 acres of Texas scrub near President Bush's Crawford ranch.Bree Walker “This is the first time in my life I had a moment like this,” Walker said. Sheehan had bought the land using the insurance payment she received when her soldier son, Casey Sheehan, was killed five days after his deployment to Iraq. He was 24. Camp Casey. That's what Sheehan called...

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Sheehan will sell her 5-acre war protest site near President Bush's Crawford ranch for $87,000 to California radio talk show host Bree Walker who will preserve it as a peace memorial, her spokeswoman said Friday June 8, 2007. She bought the property last year for $52,500. A few tents still remain at Cindy Sheehan's war protest site, Friday, June 1, 2007, in Crawford, Texas.

Group looking to buy Cindy Sheehan’s property in Crawford being denied  Updated: Jun 1, 2007 6:46pmAnti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is giving the cold shoulder to a group that wants to buy her property near President Bush's Crawford ranch.Sheehan announced this week she was selling the land, and would consider any reasonable offers. The land, known as Camp Casey, which was named after Sheehan’s son who died in Iraq, will reportedly go up for auction on E-bay with a starting bid of $80,000. A group called "Move America Forward" announced Friday it wants to buy the land and said it’ll do...

KENT - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan would like to see today's college students become more active against the war in Iraq. ``I wish college students cared enough about what's going on in Iraq and our country to be as committed as the students were in 1970,'' Sheehan said in an interview an hour before she was to address a crowd at Kent State University on the 37th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. Sheehan, 49, whose son Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq in 2004, said she does not wish for any protest to become violent, but she...

August 18, 2006 Crawford, Texas I received an invitation to join Our Suffering Mother Of Perpetual Peace And Publicity Sheehan (OSMOPPAPS) at the new Camp Casey down in Crawford, Texas. Apparently Cindy purchased some acreage not far from Chimpy McHitler's ranch and she was anxious for me to see it and join her reinvigorated peace vigil, so I hopped a plane for Texas. In all truthfulness, I was slightly underwhelmed by the new spread. For one thing, it's not that close to McHitler's ranch. For another, it's pretty scrubby land, dotted with only a few crappy tents, several smelly Porta-Potties,...

A report on the first day of Camp Casey III action for peace in Crawford. Cindy, back to the same spot near the President's ranch that last year made history. The August vigil at Camp Casey 3 is starting a bit earlier than originally planned. Cindy Sheehan decided to arrive on the anniversary of her first attempt to meet with George Bush and get an explanation from him about why her son Casey died in Iraq. Camp Casey has moved to a new location. It is a 5-acre piece of wooded property less than a mile from the Crawford Peace...

I have been invited to speak to the European Union Parliament in March in Strassbourg. My message will be one of peace and non-violent unity against the out of control murderous and disastrous policies of the Bush Administration. I wrote extensively about meeting with other world leaders in my article, "Friends don't let Friends Commit War Crimes." My message to the EU will focus on "we the people" forcing the leaders of all countries to work diplomatically and peacefully to solve problems. It is time we reach across artificial borders of lines drawn on a map to forge bonds of...

September 29, 2005 Washington DC Our Washington peace protests are in high gear and Peace Mother Sheehan (PMS) is receiving extensive news coverage. Finally our country is focusing again on important issues after being sidetracked by that stupid hurricane stuff. While I am a compassionate liberal and love all people, if I see one more person blubbering on TV about losing his house I’m going to puke! Don’t these people realize that we are protesting to SAVE THE WORLD? Do they even realize that Cindy, myself, and over 300 other peace patriots were imprisoned by this administration? Hello? As a...

September 24, 2005 Washington DC Hello from enemy territory! I’m in Washington DC with Peace Mother Sheehan (PMS) where earlier this week we protested at the White House. We marched down Pennsylvania Ave. singing songs of peace, some of us baring our breasts and genitals for peace, others doing bong hits for peace, and quite a few talking on cell phones for peace. Cindy had this great idea to write a letter to President Hayseed demanding the withdrawal of all American troops from all countries, disbanding the military, and prison sentences and sensitivity training for any Christian or Jew who...

Hillary Agrees to Meet Cindy SheehanBy Ben JohnsonFrontPageMagazine.com | September 22, 2005 PERHAPS NOTHING SIGNIFIES THE DEATH GRIP IN WHICH THE FAR-LEFT NOW HOLDS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: HILLARY CLINTON has agreed to meet with antiwar extremist Cindy Sheehan. The leftist rag the Village Voice has reported that this weekend, between rallies at the White House sponsored by United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER, Sheehan will make a side trip to share her concerns and keen foreign policy insights with the likely 2008 Democratic presidential candidate. Hillary’s decision comes after Sheehan told the press she was...

It would appear Cindy Sheehan's Veterans For Peace, have terminated the services of their lawyers, Buddy and Annie Spell. Better days: Buddy Spell, Mother Sheehan, and (faux Vietnam combat veteran, but real crackpot) Ward Reilly, New Orleans, June 18, 2005 The following was posted at the modern-day Bedlam, Democrats Underground. It has since been disappeared, which only further validates its authenticity: Spells terminated / failed to provide reliefSpells no Longer involved in Disaster Relief / Fail to provide serviceDear Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell,I am writing to request the following be delivered to Monica Hampton at The Green Room, tomorrow,...