War - period ended 5.15.2006

War/Protest/Civil Rights/Boyes, Sylvia/BRIT PROTESTERS FACE CHARGES/Free Market News Network/Ft. Lauderdale/FL/USA/11-May-06//... van. "This will not stop me, whether they charge me or not," Boyes, a Quaker and more pacifist than political, reportedly said. ...

War/Protest/Civil Rights/Boyes, Sylvia/Veteran protesters face jail under new anti-terror laws/Independent/London/England/UK/9-May-06//... This will not stop me, whether they charge me or not," said Mrs Boyes, a Quaker whose philosophy is more pacifist and less overtly political than her friend's. ...

War/Protest/Civil Rights//Long reach of the Web worrisome in a time of fear, secrets and .../Gainesville Times/Gainesville/GA/USA/9-May-06//…The WSJ article was about a group of anti-war protesters in Akron, Ohio. This wasn't a bunch of brick throwing agitators. They were middle-aged Quakers, individuals known for their pacifism and commitment to nonviolence. This is hardly a group to be feared by the military, yet the Pentagon has them on their watch list.

Police in unmarked cars followed a group of about 200 protesters as they marched through the streets of Akron and past a FBI office and a Marine Corps recruiting center. The Pentagon later admitted that some of the information they used to target this group shouldn't have been in their database.

Well, how did they get it? They wouldn't say. It was secret.

I am a Quaker, a member of the Atlanta Religious Society of Friends. I have openly opposed this war in Iraq, and I've voiced my distaste for the present administration's belligerent international policy. I've expressed sympathy for the average Iranian citizen, ".... caught between what they see as American aggression and the inflated rhetoric of their own leaders." ...

War/Politics and Economics/Raised-a-Quaker/Murrow, Edward R./A look at recent books, music, magazines and Web sites/Fort Wayne News Sentinel/Fort Waye/IN/USA/10-May-06//... Honorable Mr. Murrow). Murrow was not religious, Epstein says, even though he was born to a Quaker family and loved Israel. "Rather, as ...

War/Politics and Economics/Raised-a-Quaker/Murrow, Edward R./Magazines: Understanding jihad/Dallas Morning News/Dallas/TX/USA/7-May-06//... Honorable Mr. Murrow). Murrow was not religious, Epstein says, even though he was born to a Quaker family and loved Israel. "Rather, as ...

War/Politics and Economics/Civil Rights//The fear factor/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Minneapolis/MN/USA/12-May-06//... current whims. What if the government decides tomorrow that it is wrong to call Quaker for Peace or Planned Parenthood? The current ...

War/Human Rights/Civil Rights//‘Torture and Consequences’discussion to be Saturday/Charleston Gazette/Charleston/WV/USA/7-May-06//... The program is cosponsored by the Quaker community of Lewisburg and the New River Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Beckley.

War/Anti-War/Clandestine//Former CIA Analyst Opposes War/WXIA-TV/Atlanta/GA/USA/6-May-06//... with Iraq. On Friday night, at the Quaker Meeting House in Decatur, there was a very different reception for McGovern. A standing ...