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To: JDN who wrote (6837)	5/26/2006 7:33:18 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Idiocy on display......her comments are so over the top I do not see how anyone can take her seriously. One can be against the war, but by calling Bush/Blair/Howard illegal combatants she loses any shred of credibility she had. (none in my eyes) Anti-war mum slams Howard (Cindy Sheehan in Australia) news.com.au ^ \| 26th May 2006 \| Catherine Best PRIME Minister John Howard was an illegal combatant waging a war of terror against the world, a prominent US anti-war activist told a peace rally in Melbourne today. Cindy Sheehan, whose volunteer soldier son Casey, 24, was killed in Baghdad two years ago, called for an end to the Iraq war and for the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, where Australian citizen David Hicks is incarcerated. "Our governments are saying they (Guantanamo Bay inmates) don't deserve civil rights because they're illegal enemy combatants," Ms Sheehan told the rally. "George Bush and John Howard and Tony Blair are illegal combatants, there's nothing about this war on terror that is legal. "These people (world leaders) perpetuate the torture and the killing and they're still allowed to run free and live in society, except George Bush; he can't go outside unprotected he has to ride around in cars that are better armoured than the one my son was killed in." Ms Sheehan was speaking at a protest rally outside the Liberal Party offices in Exhibition street. She told about 200 people the war on terror was immoral and eroded basic civil and human rights. She said prisoners such as David Hicks – who has been incarcerated for four years after being captured training with the Taliban in Afghanistan – deserved to be treated with humanity and justice. As for the soldiers, we must "get them the hell out of Iraq". "This isn't about politics, this is about human rights. "It's not about right and left, it's about right and wrong and what we're doing in this war on terror is wrong," Ms Sheehan said. "Both or our countries should be defending these people's civil rights not taking them away from them. "Our government's are waging a war of terror against the world and it's time for us to stand up for the people that have no voices, the people in Guantanamo, the people in Iraq, the people in Afghanistan (and) Abu Graib." Ms Sheehan was joined by Democrats senator Natasha Stott Despoja at the rally, which was organised by the activist group Civil Rights Defence and featured protesters in prison garb behind chicken wire. Senator Stott Despoja called for the Guantanamo Bay prison to be shut down and for Mr Hicks' immediate repatriation. She said no one should be detained without charge indefinitely. "Guantanamo Bay is a violation of human rights law, it's in contravention of international humanitarian law, it still has a military commission process that is deeply flawed and is an abuse of human rights," she said. "Our government has sought to not only abandon but desert David Hicks now that he has sought UK citizenship."