Reply #34: Here are the Four Activists [View All]

[gitchel]

These are some tiny bits I can find on the four who've been tagged by the FBI Task Force:

Wendy Vasquez - Member of Des Moines Valley Monthly Meeting, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) - On June 2, 2002, an American Quaker delegation arrived in Baghdad, traveling to Iraq in violation of the US laws which threaten prison and/or fines for such activities. ...."As Quakers, we respect the sanctity of every human being, and we reject the US government's sanctions policy." notes Wendy Vasquez, a member of the Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends. "Our delegation traveled to Iraq to break the profound isolation resulting from the sanctions. We brought medical books to address the fact that journals are denied under sanctions; and we have previously sent water purifiers to relieve, in some small way, the humanitarian crisis. All of these actions are illegal under the present system." Source: American Friends Service Committee report

Brian Terrell - is the director of the Catholic Peace Ministry in Des Moines. One of his many ventures in peace and justice includes a trip to Iraq in 1998 to deliver $4 million worth of medicine to Iraqi hospitals. During this trip they also documented effects of the US/UN sanctions imposed after Operation Desert Storm prevailed. Source: Tack Online

Patti McKee is Coordinator of the Iowa Peace Network (IPN). IPN is supported by the United Methodist Church, Iowa Annual Conference; Church of the Brethren, Northern Plains District; Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends, Conservative; Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends United Meeting; and Mennonite Church, Central Plains District. Source: About the Iowa Peace Network

Reverend Elton Davis - Catholic Worker House - One of sixteen arrested at the Iowa National Guard Headquarters protest on 22 March 2003.