Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Cindy Sheehan group to lead fasts and "rolling fasts"

It looks like the bizarre Cindy Sheehan-led group will begin its hunger strike at midnight in front of the White House--after a barbecue.

From AP:

Star Hollywood actor-activists including Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon and anti-war campaigners led by bereaved mother Cindy Sheehan plan to launch a hunger strike, demanding the immediate return of US troops from Iraq.

As Americans get set to fire up barbecues in patriotic celebration of US Independence Day on July 4, anti-war protestors planned to savor a last meal outside the White House, before embarking on a 'Troops Home Fast' at midnight.

"We've marched, held vigils, lobbied Congress, camped out at Bush's ranch, we've even gone to jail, now it's time to do more," said Sheehan, who emerged as an anti-war icon after losing her 24-year-old son Casey in Iraq.

Some, including Sheehan, will make a go of it in making this a true hunger-strike.

More from AP:

Other supporters, including Penn, Sarandon, novelist Alice Walker and actor Danny Glover will join a 'rolling" fast, a relay in which 2,700 activists pledge to refuse food for at least 24 hours, and then hand over to a comrade.

Of course today's news has been dominated by reports that North Korea test fired six missiles in a move that can only be called militarily provocative.

North Korea can get some missiles into the air, but can't feed it's own people. Reportedly in the 1990s, 2 million North Koreans died during a famine. That type of "rolling fast" gets little attention from people like Cindy Sheehan. To them, it's President Bush, not Kim Jong Il of North Korea, who is evil.

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