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Gold Star and Military Families from Across Country to Join Cindy Sheehan in Crawford

by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 9 August 2005
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CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ — More members of Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) and Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) are traveling to Texas to join the protest outside of President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he is vacationing for the month of August.

Starting today, Gold Star families from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arkansas and other states whose loved ones have died as a result of the war in Iraq will be joining one of their members, Cindy Sheehan, at the protest. Ms. Sheehan, whose son Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, has been in Crawford since August 5th, demanding a meeting with the President. These families will be joined by military families with loved ones currently serving in Iraq or about to deploy or redeploy to Iraq. All of these families are coming to Crawford, Texas to share their stories about the personal costs of the war in Iraq and add their voices to the call for a meeting with President Bush.
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On August 3, 2005 President Bush, speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in early August, said "We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by completing the mission... The families of the fallen can be assured that they died for a noble cause." Gold Star and military families coming to Crawford know that the cause was not noble; that their loved ones died, or are currently in harm’s way, serving in a war based on lies.

In the first 8 days of August, 36 service members died in Iraq; countless Iraq children, women and men are dying each day. All of the families traveling to Crawford will carry the message to the vacationing President: Honor our fallen and honor our loved ones’ service by ending the occupation, bringing the troops home now and taking care of them when they get here.

President Bush has consistently tried to hide, and to hide from, the cost of the war in Iraq. This August, these costs are being brought right to his doorstep.

Members of Gold Star Families for Peace and Military Families Speak Out who are traveling to Crawford will be available for interview beginning on Tuesday afternoon August 9th.

For More Information:

— Military Families Speak Out: http://www.mfso.org

— Gold Star Families for Peace: http://www.gsfp.org


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Directions to "Camp Casey" where Cindy Sheehan is attempting to meet with President Bush. From McGregor (highway 84 and 317), drive north to Crawford (6.3 miles), turn left onto West Fifth at intersection and drive .3 miles to Praire Chapel Road, turn right. Drive 4.9 miles to Camp Casey. You can get details from the Crawford Peace House, 254-486-0099, http://www.crawfordpeacehouse.org/.

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  • Local Women To Join Vigil At President’s Ranch
    Two San Diego women will join the mother of a fallen California soldier in a peace vigil outside President George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.

    Tiffany Strause and Julie Decker arrived at San Diego’s Lindbergh field early Tuesday. They said they would to fly to Texas to join Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush’s ranch. Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., has vowed to follow the president until she can personally ask him what her son died for.

    "You don’t have to have a personal investment to feel strongly about human life, American, Iraqi, civilian or otherwise," Strause told NBC 7/39. "I really do feel strongly that it’s time. It’s not early pullout. It’s been over two years."

  •  God is with the peacemakers. I am with you to stand for peace in Iraq and in the world.
    I am here wondering who is accountable for the soldiers and civilians who are falling in Iraq daily since this horrendous war began... are they dying to make a lie become truth?

    I pray that Mrs. Sheehan be victorius in her demand to talk to this president, and that all the American people get galvanized by her courage and start questioning the "moral values" of this current administrtion.

    Jo Lima
    Maryland