CODEPINK Disrupts Iraqi Ambassador
By Jodie Evans, CODEPINK
Today members of CODEPINK disrupted the Iraq ambassador to the United States holding signs in the audience reading "Free al-Zaidi," "al-Zaidi speaks for me," to show their support for the reporter who threw the shoes at George W and to express their concern about his physical state. He has been beaten badly and has no access to an attorney.
We will be delivering a petition for people who agree with the anti-war sentiment behind al-Zaidi's shoe-throwing action and call for his release (see and sign it here). We'll go to the Iraqi Embassy in D.C. daily to demand al-Zaidi's release and we will gather with shoes Wednesday outside the White House with several other groups, including Iraq Veterans Against War. Other CODEPINK groups around the country will be doing actions at Federal Buildings.
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VIDEO: Iraqi Ambassador Addresses CodePink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElEN4i2V9v8
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My America Doesn't Torture!
free al-Zaidi
With due respect, I don't believe this journalist's action equates with "anti-war" sentiments there or here. Iraqi anger at Bush goes far beyond the question of the illegality and immorality of the U.S. invasion. They are living under a criminally mismanaged occupation. This is not a war. I think our view of what the U.S. is doing in Iraq is still grossly oversimplified and ego-centric, despite our feelings of solidarity with the Iraqi people.
The real significance of al-Zaidi's action is that not one member of the great U.S. Mainstream Media has ever dared to act out such an unequivocal - and long overdue - protest. Nor have any demonstrations in this country been brought with sufficient intensity to force the issues of criminal invasion and occupation before the American people. It is shameful that we have left it to the Iraqis to protest and shut down this occupation. Mr. al Zaidi is paying an awful price for our cowardice, as is his country and culture.