Camp Casey Last Day

UPDATES ON CINDY SHEEHAN VISIT TO CRAWFORD
Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005
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2 p.m.
Gene Ellis reporting for The Iconoclast

FINAL CRAWFORD UPDATE:

Buses were being packed all morning for departing Cindy Sheehan supporters and relief materials for the New Orleans area at Camp Casey I.

Sheehan held a press conference and told the remaining supporters that she was very grateful for all their help during these days at Crawford. She said, "I never thought when I started here that I would be sad to leave, but I am. We outstayed President Bush."

Sheehan reiterated that the movement would not end until the soldiers came home, that on Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C. "we must tell the President that we have had enough and hold him accountable for the death and destruction he has caused."

Sheehan planned to depart on the same veterans' bus on which she arrived, but will leave the tour at some point and rejoin the buses in about a week.

Sheehan mentioned that she found it difficult to believe that President Bush said yesterday, that we should protect the oil fields from terrorists. She asked, "How many of you are willing to sacrifice one of your children to be able to pay over $3 a gallon for gas?"

"It was for oil after all," she added, "and that's not a good enough reason."

"We need to spend our money on renewable energy sources so no one else has to die. There was no noble cause," she said.

Sheehan urged people to consult her website: <bringthemhomenow.org> and to pressure their elected officials to end the war.

The buses departed Camp Casey I at approximately 11 a.m. and headed to the Peace House. A light luncheon was served while people said their goodbyes. The four RVs were prepared with banners and slogans. Somesupporters sang and danced and cheers accompanied the departing vans and the veterans' bus as they left on their three-week tour.

The cleanup continues at the two camps.

 

 

CINDY SHEEHAN held her last press conference at Camp Casey I this morning.
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SANDRA and Ulis Williams from Pacific Palisades, Calif, are involved in counter-recruiting.
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TIFFANY BURNS and Alicia Sexton, both of Los Angeles, worked tirelessly with CodePink during Sheehan's vigil in Texas.
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JAMES HILL offered computer support during Sheehan's stay in Texas.
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KAREN BERNAL lent her help at the Peace House and both Camp Caseys.
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ANDREW STERN of Newsweek magazine will travel from Crawford to Louisiana on his next assignment.
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WHITNEY STONE lost 10 pounds even though her mother, Lorri Rossi-Green of Los Angeles, was cooking at Camp Casey.
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REMAINING SUPPORTERS celebrated at the Peace House before boarding buses for various parts of the country.
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RVs were festooned with banners and slogans prior to leaving the Peace House in Crawford.
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THE VETERANS FOR PEACE BUS which brought Cindy Sheehan to the ditch that would become Camp Casey I carried her away from Crawford.
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THE FIRST RV departs Crawford amid honks and cheers from well-wishers, including Rebeka Patnode of Wendell, Mass..
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DENNIS KYNE presents Cindy Sheehan with two DVDs, Bush's Brain and Beyond Treason. Kyne, a medical specialist and veterans' advocate, appeared in Beyond Treason, which exposes the devastation of depleted uranium.
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