War - period ended 10.1.2006

War/Youth/Do Not Call/Tippie, Monika/Teens can say 'no' to military/The Herald/Edmunds/WA/USA/25-Sep-06//... their perspectives last year. Tippie, who follows the Quaker faith's pacifist beliefs, had her name removed. "I think students are ...

War/Terrorism/Dover Monthly Meeting/Woodward, William/The world according to Woodward/Portsmouth Herald News/Portsmouth/NH/USA/1-Oct-06//... The divorced father of three is a Quaker, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, the Christian denomination whose traditional beliefs are pacifism ...

War/Protest/Religious Diversity/Booth, Don/Churches find voice against war in Iraq/Concord Monitor/Concord/NH/USA/30-Sep-06//...Don Booth is used to sitting alone, but soon he may not have to. The 89-year-old Quaker has sat in front of the State House every weekday lunchtime for five years demonstrating against the Iraq War, often with a single companion, he said. His painted banner calls for "peace, justice and hope." But in recent months, more people have stopped by to support him, he said, and not only Quakers. ...

War/Protest/National Campaign for Non-violent Resistance/Peaceful Iraq war protests prompt 71 arrests/CNN International/New York/NY/USA/26-Sep-06//... The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, which has organized dozens of anti-war protests around the country, coordinated Tuesday's effort, which included several religious and secular groups.

Among those arrested during the demonstrations were two Presbyterian ministers, a Catholic activist and a member of a Quaker group, said Jennifer Kuiper, spokeswoman for The Declaration of Peace, one of the groups participating in the protests. ...