<laughing> Right across from the Christian mass murderer's "church."
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From Reuters, 8/16/05:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-16T214946Z_01_MOL669917_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BUSH-PROTESTER..xml
Antiwar protester Sheehan to move campsite
By Caren Bohan
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) -
Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is
moving her camp closer to President George W. Bush's Texas ranch.
The piece of private property was offered by a relative of a man who
had a fired shotgun in frustration over the protests, a source in the
Sheehan camp said.
The property owner is also a veteran.
"A neighbour of President Bush's has offered us his land," the source
said.
"It's got plenty of acreage for us, it's private land, we would have
legal permission to be on it, it's much closer to the ranch -- in fact
it's across the street from his (Bush's) church."
"We have taken him up on his offer," the source added.
Sheehan was not immediately available for comment.
Sheehan was expected to begin moving as early as Wednesday morning.
She is in the 10th day of her vigil on Prairie Chapel Road, which
leads to Bush's 1,600-acre (647.5-hectare) ranch.
She calls her site "Camp Casey," after her 24-year-old son who was
killed in combat in Iraq.
According to the source, the land offered to Sheehan is owned by Fred
Mattlage, who is a distant cousin of Larry Mattlage, a man who fired a
shotgun over the weekend in frustration over the commotion caused by
the vigil.
The source said Fred Mattlage made the offer saying "I'm a veteran, I
support what you all are doing and I want to offer you my land."
Sheehan, of Vacaville, California, has demanded a meeting with Bush at
which she said she wants to call for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops
from Iraq.
While Bush has expressed sympathy for Sheehan's grief, the White House
has declined a meeting.
Sheehan previously met with Bush in 2004 but wants to talk to him
face-to-face again.
Sheehan's vigil has attracted anti-war activists from across the
United States -- many of them also relatives of soldiers killed in
Iraq -- who arrived to offer support, share a hug with Sheehan and
join in her daily media events.
But in this quiet farming town of just over 700 people, many residents
have found the activity disruptive.
In the latest sign of tension, a man in a pickup trunk on Monday night
ran over crosses at Sheehan's campsite.
Some 800 white wooden crosses, bearing the names of soldiers killed in
Iraq have lined the road near the area where Sheehan has pitched a
tent. Witnesses said they saw a lorry dragging a pipe and chains drive
over some of the crosses.
Larry Northern, 46, of nearby Waco, Texas, was arrested and charged
with criminal mischief in connection with the incident.
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