Posted on 08/23/2005 7:48:07 AM PDT by kristinn
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq whose August antiwar vigil in Crawford, Texas has captured the nation's attention as she camped out on the side of a road leading to President Bush's ranch demanding a meeting with him, called the foreign terrorists in Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' during her first meeting with reporters when she arrived in Crawford, August 6--remarks that when unreported until now.
Mrs. Sheehan also expressed sympathy for Iraqis who have used car bombs and suicide bombings to fight the American-led coalition forces in Iraq.
Video of her incendiary remarks were found on a link from the website of Veterans for Peace, one of the groups that accompanied Mrs. Sheehan to Crawford.
Surrounded by reporters with notepads, tape recorders and video cameras, Mrs. Sheehan spoke freely in response to a question by CBS News' Mark Knoller.
Mr. Knoller asked, "You know that the president says Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism, don't you believe that?"
Mrs. Sheehan replied, "No, because it's not true. You know Iraq was no threat to the United States of America until we invaded. I mean they're not even a threat to the United States of America. Iraq was not involved in 9/11, Iraq was not a terrorist state. But now that we have decimated the country the borders are open, freedom fighters from other countries are going in and they (America) have created more terrorism by going to an Islamic country, devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country. The terrorism is growing and people who never thought of being car bombers or suicide bombers are now doing it because they want the United States of America out of their country."
The video was shot by an unknown person who accompanied Mrs. Sheehan on her bus ride from the Veterans for Peace convention, held in in Dallas, to Crawford.
The video also contains footage of Mrs. Sheehan talking strategy on the bus ride from Dallas. In response to a fellow activist who mentions remarks by a woman from the Austin Peace and Justice Center that, "The polls are plumeting, people are dying--now's the time," a smiling Mrs. Sheehan says, "Momentum," and adds that they need to "press the advantage."
The end of the thirty minute video shows the confrontation between Mrs. Sheehan and sheriffs when the activist's march to the president's ranch was stopped because the group violated their agreement to march in the ditch along the road by walking on the road itself.
An emotional Mrs. Sheehan is seen pleading with the sheriffs to be allowed to continue, swearing repeatedly that she did not walk on the road, that she kept her promise to them to walk in the ditch.
Immediately after the confrontation, Mrs. Sheehan says she did walk on the road, but just a little bit, because she's afraid of snakes.
It was a performance any parent of an eight-year-old knows well, but rather pathetic coming from a grown woman.
As many observers know, Mrs. Sheehan has gotten a free ride from the mainstream media. Were it not for the research of Freepers that has been picked up by the likes of Matt Drudge, Bill O'Reilly and Christopher Hitchens, the public would not be aware of Mrs. Sheehan's radical politics and disingenuousness.
As documented by the video, the mainstream press knew of Mrs. Sheehan's remarks on her first day in Crawford where she called foreign terrorists entering Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' and expressed her sympathy for car bombers and suicide bombers, yet chose not to inform the American people about them.
There's a scandal here, and it's not just Mrs. Sheehan's sympathy for the terrorists.
hmmmm, afraid of snakes, huh?
Lots of snakes in Texas...sounds like it's time for a round-up.
Thank you.
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/video/2/cindyonbus.mov
must see video
ping effort
For more interviews of Casey Sheehan's mother, check out these videos.
www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
Dude you rock...
Memory flush toilet is more like it.
3 Summers ago, I would post data from the enviral whacko sites in Oregon how they had created the no fire road policy and no dead tree or brush removal polices before the terrible forest fires in Oregon that summer. Shortly after I posted many of the links, the links would just disappear. Finally some freepers advised me to put the entire position on FR so it would stay.
Flash forward to the election to replace Gray Davis. One of the rat candidates had been a point demon for many of the radical Mexican groups in California. Freepers would post one of his comments from the past, and within 24 hours it would be gone.
Last year during the Sandy Burglar Dox in Sox capers, links between Kerry's site and anything Sandy had contributed to like Joe Wilson's site were disappearing about as fast as they were posted on Free Republic. A group of us used the back tracking search mechanism and posted what had been deleted.
Apparently the same thing is happening now with some of the more vile remarks and actions of Cindy Sheenan.
OK who is the hero that smuggled this footage out?
Hmmmm..... See-BS knew she called the terrorists who killed her son and so many other Americans and Iraqis "freedom fighters" yet they did not see fit to share this info with the public..... and there's also the enraged rant she gave at a forum in support of the treasonous America-hating Lynne Stewart, O'Reilly played some of that one.... The MSM could show in an instant that she is not some 'mainstream' All-American soccer mom, but then that would not fit their agenda, would it? If they showed that the "real Cindy" is a raving far-left loon who sides with the enemy it would be TRUE but it would not fit the agenda.
No, he omitted that from his reportage.
I know... you're shocked.
Aren't we all.
/sarc
Your link takes me to the recorded call-in organized by Joe Trippi and not a video. Am I doing something wrong or missing something?
Can somebody do this? Kristinn and I will be away from the computer for much of the day. Maybe Freepers should do the "bombardment of conservative friends" with this news.
She goes on to say that if she had her wits about her she would have not allowed casey to be buried in his military uniform. She says she should not have "allowed" him to enter the military.
Ummm..cindy- proves the point that Casey volunteered to serve and he was an adult... I guess only terrorists have rights in cindy's mind.
Cindy is riding Casey's coattails to fame-sick.
Good heavens! This is about cindy-not Casey.
All I can think of is : There but for the grace of God goes I.
Indymedia ... this video has been floating all around the the lefty blogs since Cindy went to Crawford
Those "Freedom Fighters" killer her son. She is totally clueless.
Which tells you were her heart really is when she sympathizes with them and directs her anger at the US and our president. Pull your head out of your ass Cindy!
Ah! What do the lefty's think?
What's the time when she says the quote?
See, that's where you are wrong! She doesn't use him name at all...it's just "my son" when referring to Casey. What's so hard about saying his name Cindy?!?
B!tch!
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