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Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas
Camp Casey was the name given to the encampment of Prior to going on a bicycle ride on his Texas ranch on Au-
anti-war protesters outside the Prairie Chapel Ranch in gust 13, 2005 Bush gave journalists and aides a defense of
Crawford, Texas during US President George W. Bush’s his not meeting with Sheehan stating, as reported by Ken
five-week summer vacation there in 2005, named after Herman of Cox Enterprises:
Iraq War casualty US Army Specialist Casey Sheehan. "I think it’s important for me to be thoughtful and
sensitive to those who have got something to say.
But I think it’s also important for me to go on with
my life, to keep a balanced life ... I think the people
want the president to be in a position to make
A panoramic photograph of Camp Casey on August 18, 2005 good, crisp decisions and to stay healthy. And part
of my being is to be outside exercising. So I’m
It was founded by Cindy Sheehan after she failed to mindful of what goes on around me. On the other
get a second meeting with President Bush for an explana- hand, I’m also mindful that I’ve got a life to live
tion of the cause for which her son, Casey, died. Having and will do so."[3]
been turned away, she pitched a tent by the side of the
Sheehan later issued a statement, which among other
road and announced her intention to stay, day and night,
things outlined the purpose of the protest.[4]
for the full five weeks or until such a meeting is granted.
She also promised that, if she were not granted a second
meeting, she would return to Crawford each time Bush Beyond Sheehan
visited.[1]
When Sheehan had to go to Los Angeles on August 18, af-
Other members of Gold Star Families for Peace and
ter her 74-year-old mother suffered a stroke[5], she said
other anti-Iraq War activists joined them, camped in
she would be back when she could and that she would
public land, such as ditches by the road.
follow Bush to Washington at the end of his vacation.
A local property owner provided them with a place to
"Camp Casey" remained active in her absence, with over
camp, which became known as "Camp Casey II."
150 protesters sleeping in tents or cars [6], and hundreds
Two weeks after the establishment of "Camp Casey,"
more participating sporadically. During this time, Bush
counter-protestors established their own camp nearby.
flew to another state to continue his vacation with a fish-
ing trip. Less than two days later (still during the sched-
Administration Response uled vacation), he and his administration began a new
public relations campaign to rally support for the war in
There had been reports that the police had threatened to
Iraq. The campaign was primarily set in Idaho and Utah.
arrest all protesters on site on Thursday, August 11, 2005
when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secre-
tary of State Condoleezza Rice would be at the presi- Support
dent’s nearby ranch. However, no arrests in connection
During Sheehan’s vigil, a number of organizations and in-
with the protest were made. President George W. Bush
dividuals expressed and provided support to the activists
did speak to reporters at his ranch, saying:
at "Camp Casey." One of these was the national organi-
"I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. She feels
zation Veterans for Peace, at whose convention Sheehan
strongly about her position, and she has every
spoke just prior to beginning her vigil in Crawford. Mem-
right in the world to say what she believes. This is
bers of the organization also assisted at the "Camp Casey"
America. She has a right to her position, and I
site, installing and maintaining the Arlington West dis-
thought long and hard about her position. I’ve
play there.
heard her position from others, which is: ’Get out
The website MoveOn.org announced on August 10,
of Iraq now.’ And it would be a mistake for the
2005 that it was gathering comments via email to place
security of this country and the ability to lay the
in a two-page newspaper spread in a Sunday edition of
foundations for peace in the long run if we were to
the Waco Tribune newspaper in support of Sheehan and
do so." [2]
her efforts. MoveOn gathered more than 250,000 com-
ments, many of which were included in the advertise-
ment.[7] Tom Matzzie of MoveOn said:
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"In her grief and bravery, Cindy has become a we buried Sherwood, I knelt down beside his coffin and I
symbol for millions of Americans who demand vowed to him I will speak the truth for him. This war is a
better answers about the Iraq war. Though right- disaster. It is a betrayal of our military. And it’s a betrayal
wing pundits have attacked her personally, her of the democracy they seek to protect." [10] "I think they
honesty is unimpeachable. Now more and more have absolutely no idea what they’re doing, I think we’re
mothers (and fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, getting to the point where normal, reasonable people are
husbands, sons and daughters) are standing up starting to see that. The war has to stop. We don’t want
with Cindy. Please join us, and together, we’ll make anyone else killed. We’re here to support the troops, to
sure that President Bush can’t escape the reality of bring them home now, alive. ... My little piece in all this
this war—even in Crawford, Texas." was to say, ’We’ve got to tell the truth.’" [11]
Minnesota State Senator Becky Lourey, a vocal critic
Supporters pointed out that the Crawford protest high- of the Iraq War, and mother of fallen Army helicopter
lighted the Bush administration’s belief in selective vio- pilot Matthew Lourey, traveled to Crawford to protest
lence and the claim that the President failed to take re- Bush’s refusal to meet with Sheehan. "There is an iso-
sponsibility for the deaths of those he commanded.[8] lation here of President Bush from the people," said
On the week of August 8, 2005 several other groups Lourey. "(and)it seems to me as I am looking around that
were reported traveling to Texas to join the protest. it is wrong, that a person who makes life and death de-
Sherry Bohlen, field director of the Progressive Democ- cisions is insulated from the people who suffer the con-
rats of America (PDA), was one person traveling to Craw- sequences of those decisions". She also traveled to Craw-
ford, and said of the protest: ford to grieve and support her fellow military parent,
"We’ll be sleeping in a tent in the ditch along the stating that she wanted to "put her arms around" Shee-
roadside (the only place that the authorities will han and offer her support.[12]
allow us to be). I spoke with Cindy by phone again Lynn Bradach, mother of Marine Cpl. Travis Bradach-
yesterday. She said that local authorities have told Nall, who died from a land mine explosion in Iraq during
her that if we’re still there by Thursday we’ll be the summer of 2004, travelled from Portland, Oregon to
arrested as "national security risks"... She could Crawford to join Sheehan in her vigil. "’I don’t want to
well be the Rosa Parks of the movement against be a center of anything,’ said Bradach. ’But when you
the Iraq War. Just as Rosa refused to leave the bus, strongly believe something, at some point you have to
Cindy is refusing to leave the roadside. She’s the stand up for it." [13]
spark that is igniting the anti-war movement." Karen Meredith, whose son, Army Lt. Ken Ballard,
was killed in Iraq in May 2004,[14], defended Sheehan,
On August 9, 2005, Sheehan began writing a blog con-
saying, "Some people are trying to paint her as one crazy
cerning (among other things) her experience at Camp
woman against the war, and she’s not. A lot of people feel
Casey, her thoughts on the Iraq War, and her response
like her and want to know what the noble cause is." [15]
to right-wing criticism of her. It was featured on several
Linda Ryan, mother of Corporal Marc T. Ryan, a
websites, including The Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and
Marine who was killed in Ramadi, says of Sheehan: "She’s
Michael Moore.com.
going about this not realizing how many people she’s
She spoke at the laissez-faire Ludwig von Mises In-
hurting. When she refers to anyone killed in Iraq, she’s
stitute, whose founder and president, the free-market
referring to my son. She doesn’t have anything to say
capitalist Lew Rockwell, regularly features Sheehan’s
about what happened to my son," [16]
columns on his website.
On August 15, 2005, Matt and Toni Matula, parents of
Matthew Matula, a Texas Marine killed in Iraq, request-
Parents of other troops killed ed that the white cross representing their dead son as a
victim of the war in Iraq be removed, stating that they
in Iraq did not wish their son’s name to be part of an anti-war
On August 17, 2005, Jane and Jim Bright, parents of slain demonstration. Mr. Matula said: "It’s fine for people to
Army Sgt. Evan Ashcroft, attended a vigil in support of grieve their own way. It aggravates me to see them using
Sheehan, saying "their son’s memory would not be lost other people’s names to further their cause."[17]
in the anti-war movement." They also said their son, like Natalie Healy, mother of Dan Healy, a Navy SEAL who
Sheehan’s son, "was a hero who died for what he believed was killed in the line of duty in Afghanistan, organized a
in." Jim Bright went on to say "People are looking inside rally on August 20, 2005 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
themselves and saying, is this war worth it?" [9]. in order to counteract Sheehan’s message, stating: "We
Celeste Zappala, mother of slain Sgt. Sherwood Baker, just want to let the fellas know that we’re supporting
the first Pennsylvania National Guardsman to die in Iraq, them and that we’re not going to wimp out on them." [18]
said, at a press conference at the Crawford site: "When Gary Qualls whose son, Marine Corporal Louis Wayne
Qualls died in Iraq, started what was dubbed "Fort Qualls"
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in Crawford, Texas to counter the "Camp Casey" protests. • August 12, 2005: Camp Casey protest draws hundreds
Qualls stated that he had to keep taking down the white of supporters (including actor Viggo Mortensen),
cross bearing his son’s name from the Arlington West dis- with a constant presence of just over 100.[31][32][33]
play set up by "Camp Casey".[19] • August 12, 2005: Southern California members of
Veterans for Peace install Arlington West, a
Other camps memorial consisting of nearly 1,000 white crosses (as
well as stars and crescents), each bearing the name
That summer the "Camp Casey phenomenon" [20] spread of a fallen U.S. soldier in Iraq, along the side of the
across America and camps were set up in hundreds of road near Sheehan’s camp.[34]
places to show sympathy for the Sheehan family. Accord- • August 12, 2005: Bush’s motorcade passes within 100
ing to Cindy Sheehan, the first one erected was in Chico, feet of Sheehan’s roadside encampment en route to a
California. Sometimes thes camps were called "peace nearby ranch to attend a fundraising barbecue
camps’s" sometimes they were named after a local who expected to raise US$2 million for the Republican
had died while fighting overseas. National Committee; Sheehan holds a sign reading
"Why do you make time for donors and not for
Chronology me?"[35]
• August 12, 2005: Patrick Sheehan files for divorce
from Cindy Sheehan in a California court. Mr.
Week 1 Sheehan was the father of Casey Sheehan.
• August 6, 2005: Cindy Sheehan started her
demonstration. She makes a makeshift camp in a Week 2
ditch by the side of the road about 3 miles from
• August 13, 2005: A morning counter protest is
George W. Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch near
reported to bring over 250 people, who shout pro-
Crawford, Texas and announces her intention to stay
Bush slogans for several hours. Sherry Bohlen,
(sleeping in a pup tent at nights) until she is granted
National Field Director for PDA, estimates that 1000
another face-to-face meeting with the President.[21]
to 1500 people gathered at a park in Crawford for a
• August 6, 2005: National security adviser Stephen
peace demonstration, and that 500 cars ferried these
Hadley and deputy White House chief of staff Joe
people to Camp Casey. (Source: Email from Bohlen to
Hagin meet briefly with Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan
PDA members) [36][37]
later called the meeting "pointless."[22]
• August 14, 2005: Larry Mattlage, who owns a cattle
• August 8, 2005: Cindy Sheehan states that she has
ranch across where Sheehan has set up her protest
been informed that beginning Thursday, 10 August
site, fed up with traffic near his home, fires a
2005 she and her companions will be considered a
shotgun several times into the air. He later claims to
threat to national security and will be
have been practicing for dove hunting season but
arrested.[23][24] Later there was a retraction of the
also hints to reporters that the shots may also have
story by the Daily Kos.[25] Sheehan’s camp is first
been meant to drive off the protesters.[38][39][40][41]
referred to in the media as "Camp Casey."[26]
• August 14, 2005: U.S. Representative Maxine Waters,
• August 9, 2005: Democratic congressmen request
as well as a group of Iraqis living in Texas, visit
that Bush meet with Sheehan and the other relatives
Sheehan at Camp Casey.[42]
of fallen soldiers. The congressmen call on Bush to
• August 15, 2005: Late in the night, a pickup truck
ensure that no one will be arrested for having a
driven by Waco, Texas resident Larry Northern tears
peaceful demonstration.[27]
through the rows of white crosses stretching about
• August 10, 2005: Bush holds a press conference,
two-tenths of a mile along the side of the road at the
during which he mentions Sheehan’s right to her
Crawford camp, each bearing the name of a U.S.
view.[28]
soldier killed in Iraq. Several hundred of the crosses
• August 11, 2005: Cindy Sheehan writes an open letter
are damaged but no one is injured. Northern is later
to President Bush in response to his press conference
arrested and charged with criminal mischief by
statement.[29] In this open letter, she demands to
police.[43][44]
know the "noble cause" behind the war in Iraq, as
• August 16, 2005: Sheehan announces plans to move
well as the reason why, if the cause is so noble,
her camp closer to the Bush ranch after being
Bush’s daughters are not volunteering in the war
offered the use of a piece of land owned by a
effort.
supporter, Fred Mattlage, a third cousin of Larry
• August 12, 2005: Gold Star Families for Peace releases
Mattlage, the rancher who had fired a shotgun on his
a TV commercial featuring Cindy Sheehan, broadcast
property near the demonstration site several days
on Crawford and Waco cable channels near Bush’s
earlier.[45]
ranch.[30]
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• August 16, 2005: Move America Forward announces a • August 24, 2005: President George W. Bush addresses
"You Don’t Speak For Me, Cindy" caravan ending in military families in Nampa, Idaho and explains his
Crawford, on August 27.[46] reasons for being in Iraq: "We will stay on the
• August 17, 2005: More than 1,600 anti-war offense. We’ll complete our work in Afghanistan and
candlelight vigils in support of Sheehan are held Iraq. An immediate withdrawal of our troops in Iraq,
around the United States, including one outside the or the broader Middle East, as some have called for,
White House.[47][48] would only embolden the terrorists and create a
• August 18, 2005: Sheehan announces she is leaving staging ground to launch more attacks against
Crawford to see her elderly mother, who had America and free nations. So long as I’m the
suffered a stroke, but vows to return if possible and President, we will stay, we will fight, and we will win
as soon as she can.[49] the war on terror... We’re spreading the hope of
• August 18, 2005: A walk is made by the Gold Star freedom across the broader Middle East."[61]
Mothers for Peace towards President Bush’s ranch in • August 25, 2005: Sheehan states that she will
Crawford to deliver letters written by them to First continue her campaign against the Iraq war even if
Lady Laura Bush, appealing to her as a mother for granted a second meeting with the President, and
support towards their movement.[50] announces plans to lead a national bus tour to
Washington, D.C., which will leave on September 1
Week 3 and arrive in Washington on September 24 for three
• August 20, 2005: President George W. Bush embarks days of action against the war.[62][63][64]
on a five-day campaign to defend the Iraq war,
speaking to veterans’ and military groups in Utah Week 4
and Idaho.[51] • August 27, 2005: Conflicting estimates of between
• August 20, 2005: Supporters of the Iraq war, led by 1000 to 4000 Pro-Bush supporters rally in Crawford
Crawford small business owner Bill Johnson, set up a as part of the "You Don’t Speak for Me, Cindy"
small opposing camp, named "Fort Qualls," behind caravan.[65][66]
his "Yellow Rose" gift shop in Crawford, Texas.[52] • August 27, 2005: Native American activist Russell
• August 20, 2005: Texas singer-songwriter James Means visits Camp Casey II.[67][68]
McMurtry and country musician Steve Earle perform • August 28, 2005: Actor and long-time peace activist
at Camp Casey II, followed by speeches by Rev. Peter Martin Sheen, who plays fictional Democratic
Johnson, organizer and former staffer of the President Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing, visits and
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Rev. speaks.[69][70]
Joseph Lowery, preacher and co-founder of the SCLC. • August 28, 2005: Rev. Al Sharpton visits Camp Casey
They introduce three African American mothers II.[71]
whose sons were killed in Iraq. • August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina, a Category 4
• August 21, 2005: Folk singer Joan Baez visits and storm, makes landfall in southeastern Louisiana.[72]
performs at Camp Casey.[53] • August 29, 2005: Native American activist Dennis
• August 21, 2005: Bomb threat received at the "Yellow Banks visits Camp Casey II.[73][74]
Rose" gift shop, owned by pro-Bush [54] Crawford • August 30, 2005: President Bush decides to end his
businessman Bill Johnson.[55] five-week vacation early to focus on relief efforts in
• August 22, 2005: Motorcycle rider clubs roll by in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.[75][76][77]
support of the pro-Bush camp.([2] minutes 24-25)
• August 22, 2005: U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson
Lee (D-Texas) and actress Margot Kidder visit Camp
See also
Casey.[56][57] • American popular opinion of invasion of Iraq
• August 22, 2005: The Pro-Bush "You Don’t Speak for • Support and opposition for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Me, Cindy" caravan, sponsored by the Sacramento- • Popular opposition to war on Iraq
based group Move America Forward, leaves from San • Protests against the 2003 Iraq war
Francisco for Crawford, Texas.[58] • Post–September 11 anti-war movement
• August 22, 2005: Opponents of Sheehan set up "Camp • Movement to impeach George W. Bush
Reality," located in a ditch across the road from
Camp Casey.[59]
• August 23, 2005: In brief remarks to reporters in
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Donnelly, Idaho, President George W. Bush states his [1] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/16/
opposition to Sheehan’s call for an immediate politics/main780687_page2.shtml
withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.[60]
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bush.ap/ article.php3?id_article=7558
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books?id=zqzHQufAktoC&lpg=PA295&ots=6eHpoDK_Ai&dq=%22a%20president%27s%20personal%20style%22&pg=PA295#v=on
[4] http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050811/ [33] http://www.codepink4peace.org/
cm_huffpost/005472 article.php?id=451
[5] http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/18/ [34] http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/
crawford.protest/index.html/ localnews/ci_2942237
[6] http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/ [35] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
mercurynews/news/politics/12452106.htm content/article/2005/08/12/
[7] http://www.political.moveon.org/cindyvigils/ AR2005081201816.html
pics.html [36] http://www.news8austin.com/content/
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[10] [1] article?AID=/20050813/APN/
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archview.cgi?id=31373 AR2005081401242.html
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mercurynews/news/politics/12423040.htm news/
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[19] http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/20/ N16165034.htm
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[20] http://www.lewrockwell.com/rogers/ newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-08-16T21551
rogers165.html BUSH-PROTESTER-DC.XML
[21] http://www.kcentv.com/news/c- [46] http://www.moveamericaforward.org/
article.php?cid=1&nid=7708 [47] http://www.political.moveon.org/cindyvigils/
[22] http://www.sacunion.com/pages/sacramento/ pics.html
articles/5891/ [48] http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/
[23] http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/8/ N17724550.htm
124941/6758 [49] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/
[24] http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/1479 news?pid=10000103&sid=aRyVaRrITyEs&refer=us
[25] http://davidnyc.dailykos.com/story/2005/8/8/ [50] http://english.donga.com/srv/
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[26] http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/ [51] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
khou050808_gj_outwornwelcome.54eae939.html content/article/2005/08/21/
[27] http://www.rawstory.com/news/2005/ AR2005082100332.html
[52] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
16_Democrats_call_on_Bush_to_meet_mother_of_fallen_soldi_0809.html
[28] http://www.comcast.net/news/ content/article/2005/08/20/
index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2005/08/11/ AR2005082001391.html
198634.html [53] http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/
[29] http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050811/ stories/2005/08/22/
cm_huffpost/005472 20050822wacbaezincrawford.html
[30] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/ [54] http://www.theeagle.com/stories/082105/
archive/2005/08/gold-star-families-for- texas_20050821040.php
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[55] http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/
stories/2005/08/22/
External links
20050822wacshopevacuation.html • Camp Casey PhotoBlog [3]
[56] http://www.kcentv.com/news/c- • Camp Casey Photo Journal [4]
article.php?cid=1&nid=7855
[57] http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/ Video & Audio
mercurynews/news/local/states/california/ • Gold Star Families for Peace
northern_california/12449425.htm • Democracy Now interview - 19 August 2005 transcript
[58] http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/ audio
13428630p-14269805c.html • Democracy Now interview - 12 August 2005 transcript
[59] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ audio
content/article/2005/08/26/ • Democracy Now interview - 21 March 2005 transcript
AR2005082600405.html audio
[60] http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws- • Democracy Now interview - 21 January 2005 transcript
bush24.html audio
[61] http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/ • crawfordorbust.com From Air America website:
news/releases/2005/08/20050824.html Ernest Hancock and Mari Connor report from
[62] http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/ Crawford, Texas.
nation/la-na-bush26aug26,1,776423.story?coll=la- • The Ballad Of Camp Casey Hairy Larry sings his song,
headlines-nation The Ballad Of Camp Casey, dedicated to Cindy
[63] http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/ Sheehan, her son Casey, and all who have suffered
2005/08/26/sheehan_planning_antiwar_bus_tour/ loss in Iraq. Creative Commons by-sa license
[64] http://unitedforpeace.org/
article.php?list=type&type=91 Interviews
[65] http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/
• Cindy Sheehan Sets the Record Straight or Not? - 15
12499421.htm
August 2005
[66] http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/27/
crawford.rallies/index.html
Coverage
[67] http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/35-36/
35news02.htm • Rush Limbaugh compares death of Casey Sheehan to
[68] http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/ "forged documents"
stories/2005/08/28/20050828wacarrests.html • Arrest In Texas Protest Cross-Up(Desecration of
[69] http://198.65.14.85/News/2005/35-36/ Camp Casey Article) - TheSmokingGun.com
35news03.htm • Cindy Sheehan’s Pitched Battle - In a Tent Near
[70] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ Bush’s Ranch, Antiwar Mother of Dead Soldier Gains
content/article/2005/08/29/ Visibility Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post 13
AR2005082900193.html August 2005, Page A01
[71] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ • Guardian Unlimited - Bereaved mother camps
content/article/2005/08/28/ outside Bush ranch
AR2005082800882.html • US Newswire - More to Join Sheehan
[72] http://www.news24.com/News24/Gallery/Home/ • CNN - Soldier’s mom digs in near Bush ranch - 7
0,,galleries-1-1481,00.html August 2005
[73] http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/ • New York Times - "Of the Many Deaths in Iraq, One
stories/2005/08/30/ Mother’s Loss Becomes a Problem for the President"
20050830wachurricanecindy.html (8 August 2005)
[74] http://peacejournalism.com/ • New York Times - "Mother Takes Protest to Bush’s
ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=5373 Ranch" (7 August 2005)
[75] http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/08/
30/local/doc431494d011bc4428330673.txt
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