US anti-war grannies face justice

[Montauk6]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4711121.stm

Elderly members of a US anti-war group called the "raging grannies of Tucson" are due in court following a protest at an Arizona military recruitment centre.
They have been accused of trespassing after entering the centre earlier this month, saying they wanted to enlist.

The group, mostly women in their 60s and 70s, said they wanted to go to Iraq so their grandchildren could come home.

An army spokeswoman says the protesters were not serious about enlisting and were harassing recruiters.

Nine people - five elderly activists and four journalists - are due to appear in court on Monday.

The Raging Grannies, who are associated with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, have held protests outside the Tucson recruitment centre every week for three years.

[merwin]

1. Is it just me or have we lost the right to peaceful protest?

[Erika]

2. They were arrested for trespassing

This is against everything "American". I guess, under Bush, they should be thankful they weren't labeled as terrorists and tossed into Gitmo without representation.

Their status as senior citizens may have been the only thing that kept the charges down to trespassing.

Bush's America.

[Montauk6]

3. Trespassing... ON PUBLIC PROPERTY????

Or are military recruitment offices private now?