Prison for a peacemaker
CounterPunch
by Jack Balkwill
04/11/07
The war in Iraq is the longest war in US history, even longer than Vietnam when one considers the first Gulf War extending through the sanctions (with interruptions for bombing, such as Clinton’s ‘Desert Fox’), to the illegal 2003 invasion and current occupation. So from 1991 through 2007 we have continuous war in one form or another for sixteen years. Through it all, Kathy Kelly has promoted peace for the Iraqi people and attempted to counter the brutal sanctions that, according to UN reports, directly contributed towards the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. She has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times, and spent time in prison for her actions. In this interview she tells the story of her struggle for peace, human rights, and social justice together with resulting experiences in jails and prisons in the Land of the Free. She is interviewed by Jack Balkwill, a Vietnam Vet...
http://www.counterpunch.org/kelly04112007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kathy+Kelly
by Jack Balkwill
04/11/07
The war in Iraq is the longest war in US history, even longer than Vietnam when one considers the first Gulf War extending through the sanctions (with interruptions for bombing, such as Clinton’s ‘Desert Fox’), to the illegal 2003 invasion and current occupation. So from 1991 through 2007 we have continuous war in one form or another for sixteen years. Through it all, Kathy Kelly has promoted peace for the Iraqi people and attempted to counter the brutal sanctions that, according to UN reports, directly contributed towards the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children. She has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize three times, and spent time in prison for her actions. In this interview she tells the story of her struggle for peace, human rights, and social justice together with resulting experiences in jails and prisons in the Land of the Free. She is interviewed by Jack Balkwill, a Vietnam Vet...
http://www.counterpunch.org/kelly04112007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Kathy+Kelly
rudkla - 12. Apr, 18:44
