Moms Spend Their Weekend Protesting Iraq Occupation

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http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/11/1122/

Moms Spend Their Weekend Protesting Iraq Occupation
by Aaron Glantz

SAN FRANCISCO - Antiwar activists from around the country will celebrate Mothers Day by converging on Washington, DC, where they will demand Congress end the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

Five days of activism, sponsored by the women-for-peace group CODEPINK and “peace mom” Cindy Sheehan’s Gold Star Families for Peace, will culminate in what organizers call a “Mother of a March” on May 14. 0511 07

“We want to get people out and get them active,” said Tina Richards of Salem, Missouri. “We’re getting in the way no more business as usual until you pass legislation that brings our troops home and takes care of them when they get back.”

Richards brings her own war story to the week of action. Her son Cloy is a Marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq. The military lists him as 80-percent combat disabled.

“He’s got knee injuries, arm injuries, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,” Richards said. “He’s also got another claim pending for a traumatic brain injury, which will put him at 100-percent disabled.”

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1. Any stations carrying this march

You would think this is more important than Anna Nicole's baby daddy.
Guess Mothers' Day only means hit the malls and flower shops. How fugging shameless is MSM?