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![]() Cindy Sheehan in Cairo to Monitor MB Military Trial
A Woman Who Beat Bush
Born on July, 10th, 1957, Cindy Sheehan’s most tragic day was April, 4th, 2004, when she was informed that her son Casey, 24 years died on duty in Iraq . This recurrent incident, of the death of a US soldier in Iraq , turned this woman from an ordinary woman to a prominent anti-war activist. She has also become a prominent US human rights activist who spoke out against the White House.
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Friday, February 8,2008 21:59 | |||||||
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Sheehan drew international attention when she staged a peaceful demonstration in front of US president George Bush"s Ranch in Texas calling for stopping the war in Iraq . Continuously exposing the US war in Iraq since 2004 and vowing not to pay taxes which fun war, Sheehan came under US focus in early August 2005 when she went to President Bush"s Texas-based ranch. She also requested a meeting with the US president to explain why she did this after she established a camp called "Casey"s Camp". She spent five weeks in the camp outside Bush"s ranch calling for meeting the president. She even vowed that unless she meets the president that time she would come to the ranch whenever he visits it. She was even thankful to denying her the visit because this drew more attention to her cause. Sheehan accused the United States of attempting to launch an aggression on Iran to prevent her from producing Nukes. She wrote two articles in Buzzflash in which she said that ratifying the Freedom and Support to Iran Act is the first step towards launching a war against her, calling on the Congress to reject bills like this in the future. She also called for shutting down the US detention in Guantanamo . On May, 26th, 2007, Sheehan quit the US Democratic Party after the democratic-controlled Congress ratified a bill supporting the war in Iraq . She concluded her ant-war activities with two messages which she published on the Daily Cause. |
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