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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-03-07 06:06 AM
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Six "grannies" arrested at anti-war protest (OR)
Edited on Sat Feb-03-07 06:08 AM by struggle4progress
February 3, 2007
- Seattle, Washington

PORTLAND, Ore. - Six women identifying themselves as "grannies" were arrested Friday during an anti-war protest outside a military recruiting office in northeast Portland ...

They are set to be in court March 7.

The group, part of Portland Surge Protection Brigade, has held a protest outside the Armed Forces Career Center office during three successive weeks.

"It's very simple," Schwiebert said. "We just don't want our children coming in here and getting enlisted." ...

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/5528761.html
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-03-07 06:11 AM
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1. 6 Women Arrested at Ore. War Protest
... The protesters - ages 49 to 75 - sat in front of the recruiting center and refused to let anyone in or out, and some used wheelchairs as props, said Cristy Murray, a spokeswoman for the Surge Protection Brigade.

"We decided to prevent them from coming up with those troops," she said, referring to Bush's decision to send 21,500 troops to Iraq. "We want to stop the recruiting of our valuable young people in this country to a place they don't belong." ...

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/APA/702023435
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