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Iowa activists pose as Guantanamo prisoners at U.S. Supreme Court
John McGlothlen
Jan. 13, 2008 12:42 pm
Specific Iowans and city names not identified by Washington Post:
... one of 75 people arrested Friday -- the sixth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison -- for illegally protesting at the Supreme Court. Sixty-seven members of the group were held until late yesterday, most because they wouldn't give their real names and instead identified themselves by the names of Guantanamo detainees. As the protesters were led, one after the other, before Judge Robert I. Richter to be charged, all stated their real names and added, "I am here on behalf of . . ." -- then named one of the 275 suspected terrorists held at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. ...
As the protesters were led, one after the other, before Judge Robert I. Richter to be charged, all stated their real names and added, "I am here on behalf of . . ." -- then named one of the 275 suspected terrorists held at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. ...
About a third of the protesters were from the Washington area; others came from as far as New England, New York and Iowa. ...