Sunday, August 07, 2005
Articles that caught my attention
Bicycle Bomb in Northeast Colombia Kills One, Injures 12
At least 13 dead in plane crash near Sicily
Mother of slain soldier demands audience with Bush
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A bicycle bomb left by suspected guerrillas exploded next to a church, killing one woman and injuring at least a dozen people in northeast Colombia near the Venezuela border, police said...I don't think I have read or heard about bicycles used in bombing, before reading this story. I don't know why I was surprised. I guess a bomber can use just about anything to get their dirty deed done.
...Colombia has been involved in an armed conflict for more than four decades. Some 3,500 people, mostly civilians, are killed each year in the fighting...
At least 13 dead in plane crash near Sicily
...At least 13 people were killed, while 23 survived. At least two people were believed missing...Another aircraft down.
...Palermo Prosecutor Piero Grasso said authorities had ruled out terrorism. The plane apparently hit the water intact, but the tail broke off from the main wreckage hours later, rescuers said...
Mother of slain soldier demands audience with Bush
...“It's hot in Iraq and our children are suffering there, and the Iraqi people are suffering,” said Sheehan, whose son was killed in action in Iraq. “If they can do this day after day, month after month, then I can stay here for a few weeks. This is nothing compared to what they're going through.”..I think Sheehan is about the only parent making much noise, throught the media, about the death of her son. It might make more of an impact with the White House if all the parents would join in...but then, again, it might not.
Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., vowed to stay in Crawford through August until she could get an audience with President George W. Bush, who is spending the month vacationing at his ranch nearby. Earlier in the day, she lead a group of about 50 anti-war demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Iraq...
...The White House responded to the protest, saying the president wants to bring the troops home...
...Sheehan's outspokenness has made her a target. On a memorial Web site for her son, a few posts chastise Sheehan for criticizing the war. A couple of messages even wish death on Sheehan, who was a Catholic youth minister prior to becoming a full-time activist...
