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Sheila Jackson Lee Arrested at Sudan Protest

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Smarty Pants Liberal (267 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-28-06 05:07 PM
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Sheila Jackson Lee Arrested at Sudan Protest
Congress Members Arrested at Sudan Protest

By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press Writer

Five Congress members were willingly arrested and led away from the Sudanese Embassy in plastic handcuffs Friday in protest of the Sudanese government's role in atrocities in the Darfur region.

"The slaughter of the people of Darfur must end," Rep. Tom Lantos (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., a Holocaust survivor who founded the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, said from the embassy steps before his arrest.

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   What a Congressman  sonias   Apr-28-06 09:21 PM   #1 
   I called her office just to tell them how proud I am of her n/t  Smarty Pants Liberal   Apr-28-06 10:25 PM   #2 
   This is what genocide looks like - WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE  Smarty Pants Liberal   Apr-29-06 09:28 AM   #3 
   Nationwide Protests Tonight and Tomorrow Afternoon  Smarty Pants Liberal   Apr-29-06 02:45 PM   #4 
 
sonias Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-28-06 09:21 PM
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1. What a Congressman
A woman of her strong convictions. One of our best. Bless her for all she does.

Sonia
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Smarty Pants Liberal (267 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Apr-28-06 10:25 PM
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2. I called her office just to tell them how proud I am of her n/t
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Smarty Pants Liberal (267 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-29-06 09:28 AM
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3. This is what genocide looks like - WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE

Photo by Brian Steidle

More pictures at http://www.savedarfur.org/index.php?q=photos/view.php&d...
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Smarty Pants Liberal (267 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-29-06 02:45 PM
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4. Nationwide Protests Tonight and Tomorrow Afternoon
Houston Democrats' blog entry is updated at http://www.houstondemocrats.com/archives/2006/04/sheila... . See information regarding the protests sponsored by Invisible Children, Inc. and the Save Darfur Coalition.
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