Religious leaders arrested in protest of Iraq war

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http://www.pww.org/index.php/article/articleview/9885/1/341

WASHINGTON — As President George W. Bush fended off new charges that the war in Iraq has recruited more terrorists and spread terrorism, scores of religious leaders were arrested on Capitol Hill during sit-ins demanding that lawmakers join in a “Declaration of Peace” to end the war. A total of 71 protesters were arrested on the Senate side and more than 25 on the House side Sept. 27. Nationwide, an additional 114 people were arrested in the civil disobedience actions.

One of the interfaith leaders was Rabbi Arthur Waskow, founder of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia. He told the World that a leaked report by 16 intelligence agencies that the war in Iraq has fueled a sharp increase in terrorism simply confirms the obvious.

“Before the war began, the Shalom Center placed a full page ad in The New York Times signed by hundreds of members of the Jewish community saying that we would spark more terrorism by invading Iraq,” Waskow said. “It took four years for these intelligence agencies to figure that out. This war has made us less safe.”

Bush was forced to release four pages of the highly classified 30-page report. Coming just six weeks before the midterm elections, the report debunks Bush’s main argument that the Iraq war has made the nation more secure against terrorist attack.

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1. Now these people deserve some recognition.

MSM? See the interfaith protest? Then report it!
I'm a poor excuse for someone of faith of any kind
but for those who represent schools of belief, when
they walk the talk they have my utmost respect.