Cindy Sheehan Watch: 150 Anti-Iraq War Protesters Begin Hunger Strike

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, left, is conforted by Iraqi War veteran, former Army Sgt. Geoffrey Millard, as they say prayers, before they eat their last meal before beginning the fast at midnight to end the Iraq War, in front of the White House, Monday, July 3, 2006, in Washington.

Reuters: Anti-War Protesters Begin July 4 Fast

About 150 protesters sat in front of the White House on Monday to savor their last meal before starting a hunger strike that some said will continue until American troops return from Iraq.

The demonstration marking the Independence Day holiday was organized by CodePink, a women’s anti-war group that called on volunteers to abstain from eating for 24 hours from midnight on Monday.

Some protesters said their fast would continue beyond July 4th.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said she would drink only water throughout the summer, which she said she would spend outside President George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.

“This war is a crime,” Sheehan told a crowd of clapping, cheering protesters. “We represent millions of Americans who withdraw their support from this government.”

Impact: ZERO

And look it is Daniel Ellsberg from Pentagon Papers leakage fame.

Cindy Sheehan, center, and Daniel Ellsberg, right, join others in a march called the ‘Granny Peace Brigade’, Monday, July 3, 2006, in Washington.

Flap is surprised Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., Publisher of the New York Times was not out there marching in solidarity with Ellsberg. Oh, Flap knows – Sulzberger was there in kindred spirit.

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And here is a special July 4th message from Mother Moonbat herself (H/T LGF):

I implore you, while you are enjoying your potato salad and fireworks on the 4th to reflect on what the star-spangled banner means to you. If our flag symbolizes the same thing to you as it does to the neocons, then by all means, enlist and go to Iraq to let some of our soldiers come home that are tired of suffering and committing war crimes for Halliburton, Dick and Donny.

If, however, you realize that the flag no longer waves “o’er the land of the free” and you would like it to again, we invite you to come out to Camp Casey this summer and help us fight for the heart and soul of our nation. If you realize that while you are “oohing and ahing” over the pretty fireworks in your home town that there are real bombs bursting on the people of Iraq, killing them and destroying their nation for no reason other than Dick Cheney wanted to, then you need to digest your 4th of July BBQ and get out and show Dicky and the world that we mean business when we say we want our troops to come home to save them and our brothers and sisters in Iraq.

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