War - period ended 1.15.2007

War/Protest/Lore, David//Protesters take stand against Iraq plan/The Advocate/Newark/KY/USA/11-Jan-07//David Lore, Licking County Pro-Active Citizens treasurer, said that as an activist and as a Quaker -- a religion that believes in peaceful conflict resolutions -- he has been against the war since before it started. He said the Quaker position is the United States should set a timetable for withdrawing the troops during the next year, closing the military bases and providing reconstruction help to Iraq.

War/Protest/Baldridge, Bob//Death Toll Exceeds 3000 in Iraq; Residents hold Vigil/Greenwich Citizen/Greenwich/CT/USA/12-Jan-07//Bob Baldridge, a Quaker who spends some of his time in Greenwich, holds up a "roster of the dead," which appeared in "The New York TImes. ...

War/Protest///Ensley: Inaugural visitors watch history happen/Tallahassee.com/Tallahassee/FL/USA/2-Jan-07//Even anti-war protesters showed up. Retired Florida A&M professor Charles Coultas carried a placard: "3,000-plus dead? thousands of Iraqis/why?" Coultas, 78, had no beef against Crist. He's a Quaker and Korean War vet who "just wanted to express my opinion about the war.". ...

War/Politics and Economics/Humanitarian Assistance/Humboldt Friends Meeting/Quakers request visit to Guantanamo/The Eureka Reporter/Eureka/CA/USA/13-Jan-07//Six members of local Quaker group Humboldt Friends held a news conference Thursday morning at the Adorni Center in Eureka to announce their efforts to visit ...

War/Peace Tax///War Tax Resistance/MWC News///Canada/11-Jan-07//Three court cases were filed by Quaker war tax resisters using RFRA and the First Amendment guarantee in an attempt to have penalties against war tax ...

War/Iraq/Protest//Protesters rally for 3000 lost/San Jose Mercury News/San Jose/CA/USA/2-Jan-07//Many participants -- some of whom are regular protesters, others who came for the first time -- had been rallied to attend by groups including a Quaker ...

War/Iraq/Pacifism/Mensalvas, Irene/Pacifist's 50-year fight against war carries on/Baltimore Sun/Baltimore/MD/USA/3-Jan-07//"As a Quaker community, [many residents] are politically active and stand up for what they believe. But a lot of them, once they reach a certain age, ...

War/First Friends Church/Peace and Justice Coalition/A peace of the action/Whittier Daily News/Whittier/CA/USA/8-Jan-07//Formed in the late 1970s by Quakers from First Friends Church in Uptown, the coalition has grown or dwindled over the years, depending on the course of US ...