Cindy Sheehan Arrested After U.N. March
By PAUL BURKHARDT, Associated Press Writer
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Cindy Sheehan, who became a peace activist after her ...
NEW YORK - Cindy Sheehan, who drew international attention when she camped outside President Bush's ranch to protest the Iraq war, was arrested Monday along with three other women during a demonstration demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The march to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations by about a dozen U.S. and Iraqi anti-war activists followed a news conference at U.N. headquarters, where Iraqi women described daily killings and ambulance bombings as part of the escalating violence that keeps women in their homes.

Women Say No to War, which helped organize the march, claimed Sheehan was physically assaulted by security officers during the arrests. Photos show officers dragging Sheehan, with her shirt yanked up. Police said the four women were arrested for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest.

The women were trying to deliver a petition to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations with more than 60,000 signatures urging the "withdrawal of all troops and all foreign fighters from Iraq." When they arrived at the mission, they found the doors locked.

Ann Wright, a former U.S. Army colonel and U.S. diplomat, said in a statement issued by the group that the U.S. Mission refused to send someone to meet with the women "whose lives and families have been shattered by this destructive and immoral war." The protesters refused to leave without delivering the petition, she said. At one point, witnesses said they sat down in front of the doors and interlocked their legs.

Richard Grenell, the spokesman for the U.S. Mission, said in response to Sheehan's arrest: "We invited her in to discuss her concerns with a U.S. Mission employee. She chose not to come in but to lay down in front of the building and block the entrance. It was clearly designed to be a media stunt, not aimed at rational discussion," Grenell said.

At the news conference, Sheehan said when her 24-year-old son _ a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq _ died in April 2004, "the morgues were filled with innocent men, women and children."

Entessa Mohammed, a pharmacist who works at a hospital in Baghdad, became tearful when recalling the deaths and injuries she said she has witnessed daily.

She estimated that 1,600 Iraqis are killed in Baghdad every month, with a greater number injured. "Thanks for the liberation from Saddam" Hussein, Mohammed said, addressing the Bush administration, "now please go out."

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice planned to meet with delegations of Iraqi and Afghan women in Washington on Wednesday, which is International Women's Day, to honor their achievements in politics.

The Women Say No to War activists, who plan to be in Washington on Wednesday to meet with members of Congress, said they were denied requests to meet with Rice or other "relevant" State Department officials.

she needs to go somewhere :rolleyes

Hey I have an idea where she can go...and even how she can get there!!! :cp :rofl

[QUOTE=Lighthouse Girl][B]Richard Grenell, the spokesman for the U.S. Mission, said in response to Sheehan's arrest: "We invited her in to discuss her concerns with a U.S. Mission employee. She chose not to come in but to lay down in front of the building and block the entrance. It was clearly designed to be a media stunt, not aimed at rational discussion," Grenell said.
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Of course he's going to say that :rolleyes he's not going to say, oh we refused to see her or talk to her. That whole situation nooone really knows what happened, so I wouldn't believe that guy for a second.

And Cindy Sheehan in my opinion is fighting for a cause and she is doing peaceful protest. I salute her for actually fighting for what she believes in, and not just take her son's death sitting down and just bending over to the governemtn and saying, ok my son is dead thanks for letting him go out there and get killed. She is actually doing something. Lots of people say, if you don't like what is happening, do something about it, that's exactly what she is doing.

Becca I hear ya :hehe
Renee what is laying down in front of a building doing?
What did they shirt at the SOU address do?
I am just lost as to your reasonings.

I wonder if her son had not been killed would she be so worried about the other troops over there. UM NO! She could care less as long as her son came home safe.

What I think is sad is she has lost sight on life. She has let her supposable beliefs overtake her life and has left her family behind. I dont blame her husband and the rest of the fmaily for turning their backs. She is a disgrace IMO talking about family and peace and what not all the while turning her back on the rest of her family :sadeyes

What I think is sad is she has lost sight on life. She has let her supposable beliefs overtake her life and has left her family behind. I dont blame her husband and the rest of the fmaily for turning their backs. She is a disgrace IMO talking about family and peace and what not all the while turning her back on the rest of her family :sadeyes

:yeehaw :yes

I do agree that she has let some of this take over her life and she has lost touch with her family, however, even though she might not be doing what she is doing if her son had not died, the pain she is feeling as a mother is driving her need to fight for what she believe is injust. What are the things she is doing doinng you ask? She is making a statement, she is protesing peacefully. Peaceful protesting is something that has been done for ages, look at history. No matter what she does she is just getting critizized because people are 'tired' of seeing her, at least she is not blowing up buildings or something crazy like that. She is protesting in the best way she knows how. Why exactly don't people like her I want to know? Because she is fighting against precious little Bush? Because someone is actually in the spotlight for standing up against the war? To me it doesn't matter what drove her to fight, its the fact that she now sees the injustices and is out there fighting against them. The pain she feels for her sons death is only making her stronger. Anytime an activist takes a strong stance and fights for injustice, other parts of life sometimes tend to not get as much attention, noone is perfect, she is not superwoman. But then unless you have been an activist and in those shoes, and know what its like and how hard it is to fight against huge forces, you cna't really know. I am more ashamed of her family for not supporting her more.

Well I will say this I went to a protest in VA and I was on the troops side and there were cops there just in case it got out of hand, yeah she could be doing worse things but she surely isn't doing things in a way that would actually accomplish anything

The media isn't helping with any of this either.... there are lots of activists out there that are supporting the war and Bush and our troops, but you don't see them often if at all anymore... it's all about anti-war... I think if they showed a little more of an equal representation of the sides it would be a bit more even, but the media isn't responsible for that... they aren't responsible for much good anymore.... the only thing worth watching on the news anymore is the weather and even that is rediculous sometimes

It's no secret that there is a liberal bias in the mainstream media. I would start a thread about it but I think people are tired of hearing my opinion on the matter :rofl

I've gotten into heated debates with someone on another board about this "woman". They suipport her and agree with her ect... She makes me sick.

I'm just sick of hearing about her... I can guarantee that if the media would stop paying so much attention to her she would eventually get the point and just kind of STOP.... once people like her stop getting attention they lose the motivation to keep doing whatever annoying behavior they are doing.... granted she lost her son and she is grieving yeah, there are a lot of other mothers who have lost their children to this war, but you don't see them out making fools of themselves laying in the middle of streets and in front of doors to make a point... they quietly visit their children's graves and thank them for their service, no matter if they think the war is right or wrong... I personally think it's disrespectful to him what she's doing... she's giving the sheehan name a bad connotation... I really hope people are looking at what he did instead of what she's doing... he gave his life so she can complain about what he did that he died for.... that's kind of ironic to me

Well I'm on the opposite opinion, I hope people like her never stop getting attention, because that is how they get their word out. I disagree that what she's doing is disrespectful to her son, and I comend her more for putting herself out there after his death, instead of just being the quiet little mouse and letting the government kick her and her family quietly in the ass. She's a fighter, and the motivation of activists like her will NEVER go away, as long as there is injustice in this world. I have no shame in saying I used to be one of those activists, sit ins, walkouts, almost getting arrested, fighting against our corrupt government. And even though I don't practice my activism at this time in my life, I will Always be an activist at heart, and yes I'm liberal :P