Just great - another Leftist martyr.
God rest her soul. She was trying to give comfort to others.
Killed surveying civilian deaths.
There has to be some irony in there somewhere.
Any death is a tragedy, but...
Was she hoping the terrorists would notice she was a liberal and thereby not kill her?
Probably less painful way to go than being squished by a bulldozer.
"It's a terrible tragedy and a tragic irony that somebody who devoted her life to helping the victims of war would herself become a victim of war," said Medea Benjamin,"
Uh well genius, she wasn't a victim of war she was the victim of a terrorist.
Thoughts and prayers to her family and loved ones.
This statement by her parents says it all.
How long until the libs start screaming "assassination" because she was about to "expose the true number of civilian casualties that the illegal war on the innocents of Iraq has wrought?" I'm sure the number would be "nearing 1 million" and the Bush admin. couldn't risk her exposing the "truth".
I guess I will not say anthing at all.
May her anti-American ass rest in peace.
Why didnt she just make up a figure for how many died isnt that what the left usually does? Isnt that what the anti-cigarette people do when they say how many died from cigarettes? Just make it up , let others refute it .
DUUUUuuuuh... The gene pool is better off, today..
Dear Friends of Marla and CIVIC, It is with deep sadness and regret that I am writing to inform you that Marla died yesterday at the age of 29 in a suicide bomb attack. Faiz, her Iraqi partner, was also killed.
Two beautiful people who devoted their lives to helping innocent victims of war have now become them.
The attack occurred on the Baghdad Airport road as she traveled to visit an Iraqi child injured by a bomb, part of her daily work of identifying and supporting innocent victims of this war.
Only a few hours before her death, Marla sent me this photo of Harah. She was 3 months old when she was thrown from a vehicle just before it was destroyed by a U.S. rocket attack. Her entire family was killed. Hers just one example of the hundreds of lives Marla and Faiz touched with their heroic work.
"The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." Ernesto Che Guevara
This is one of Marla's favorite quotes. She had enough love to cover the planet. It is crucial that Marla be commemorated and that her work continue.
I, for one, can assure you that it will. I will post more details as I receive them.
Thank you all for your support.
peace,
April Pedersen
april@democracyinaction.org
Let's put a positive spin on this. Perhaps she became a "human shield" to protect Iraqis from al Qaeda. Wish more of our leftists would do the same.
I don't wish death on anyone, but I don't want her lionized in death either.
This person was actively working against us.
Various links:
to "talking with" rumsfeld
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24737-2004Aug22.html
wants $10,000 Uncle Sam comp to every civilian casualty (halfway down)
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/08/Worldandnation/Blair_offers_stronges.shtml
Protested with the International ANSWER folks in Oct. 2002
http://lists.mutualaid.org/pipermail/mgj-announce/2002q4/000193.html
Her name is mentioned in post (comment 23) where the immortal Dr. Raoul confronted Ms. Benjamin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1097589/posts
The Portland Indymedia people like her:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/06/265935.shtml
This blogpost from 2 years ago documents her far-left lineage and her involvement in generating civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan that were dubious:
http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/000561.html
That'll do for now. Google is your friend.
Splat...the war protestor that fell off the Bay Bridge
Now we have Reeses
There is a theory that "highly educated" folks make bigger, dumber mistakes than lesser educated people. I nominate Hillary as her replacement in Iraq.
I admit I've only had a few minutes to skim this thread, but apparently this woman worked for Medea Benjamin of Code Pink, and was a great admirer of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.