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"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism." -- Cindy Sheehan, anti-war protestor in Crawford The front page of just about every newspaper this weekend noted the anti-war protest of Cindy Sheehan, a very sympathetic figure and mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq. Not surprisingly, various anti-Bush elements in the U.S. and Canada have jumped on board Ms. Sheehan's protest - casting her and her message as an example of courageous heroism. In particular, she has been praised and heralded by Democrats such as Joe Trippi (campaign manager for...

CRAWFORD, Texas — At 11 a.m. Monday, Cindy Sheehan's eyes drooped from lack of sleep, she spoke a little slower, and her skin was reddened from more than a week in the intense summer sun. Since deciding to unfold a lawn chair in a grassy roadside ditch near President Bush's ranch Aug. 6, Sheehan has done nonstop media interviews, spoken at protest events and learned that her husband, Patrick — from whom she was separated — filed for divorce Friday. After a night of reflection, the Vacaville mother of four says she is going to take time to refocus her...

The media's favorite Gold Star mother is blasting Israel along with the U.S. for being the primary cause of worldwide terrorism. "You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declared Saturday, in quotes picked up by the Drudge Report. As her protest outside President Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch enters its second week, Sheehan, called for Bush's impeachment for "war crimes." "And now I'm going to use another 'I' word - impeachment - because we cannot have these people pardoned," she complained. "They need to be tried on war crimes and go...