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U.S. | Anti-WarSupporters hold vigil through day 2 of Lt. Watada trial at Fort Lewis
FORT LEWIS, WA (February 7, 2007) -- Courage to Resist, Tacoma Puppetistas, and the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace held vigil at the gates of Fort Lewis during day 2 of Lt. Watada's court martial for publicly refusing to deploy to Iraq. Folks will continue to vigil at 4 pm at I-5 Exit 119 through Friday. A larger candle light vigil and rally is schedule for Friday evening 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Report from inside the courtroom and rally details to be posted soon at Courage to Resist.  1-banner-211.jpg Suggested mainstream coverage of yesterday's events:
COMMANDER SAYS HE FELT ‘BIT BETRAYED’ BY WATADA By Mike Barber, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. February 7, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/302668_watada07.html Also, additional photos from the Feb. 5 mass protest for Lt. Watada at Ft. Lewis: http://www.bassnotes.com/r1-02052007-protest.html
Supporters of Lt. Watada file out of Fort Lewis courtroom during break
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Army Spc. Suzanne Swift (right)
 3-swift-035.jpg Active duty Army Spc. Suzanne Swift (right) attended Lt. Watada's trial with Iraq Veterans Against the War Executive Director Kelly Dougherty (middle). The Army retaliated against Spc. Swift this evening by taking away all of her civilian attire.
Army Col. Ann Wright (ret.)
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"Thank you Ehren Watada"
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Big bird
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"Troops Home"
 7-troops-home-148.jpg Comments (Hide Comments)And Afganistan
Wednesday Feb 7th, 2007 11:56 AM
The banner in the top photo should have added ''and Afghanistan ''. I'm glad the Army refused one of Watada's requests . that he be allowed to fight in Afghanistan . I'm glad he's not part of that brutal occupation force in that ''illegal and unjust war''.
I support Lt. Watada completely in his refusal to fight in Iraq . I wish i could be there at Ft. Lewis to show solidarity. But supporting his stance on Iraq shouldn't prevent our movement from stating that he is wrong on Afghanisan. By remaining silent we imply agreement and perhaps weaken our effectiveness in defending the (sure to come ) Military resisters who will refuse to ''serve '' in Kabul . The antiwar movement a couple of hours north of Ft. Lewis certainly understands that . Canadians strongly want all US troops out of Iraq AND all Canadian , NATO, and Us troops out of Afghanistan . It's about time our movement show some courage and defy the Democrats who want to expand the '' Afghan Front' and redeploy troops from Iraq to Afghanista gratitude
Friday Feb 9th, 2007 4:54 PM
Physical difficulties inhibited my participation. But I want to thank you all for the energy, time and dedication in supporting our troops in returning home and in being there for Lt. Watada. Thank you! magi Continued support of Suzanne Swift!
( visionscoach [at] yahoo.com )
Saturday Feb 10th, 2007 4:07 AM
In the caption above, we read: "Active duty Army Spc. Suzanne Swift (right) attended Lt. Watada's trial with Iraq Veterans Against the War Executive Director Kelly Dougherty (middle). The Army retaliated against Spc. Swift this evening by taking away all of her civilian attire."
Suzanne Swift continues to be punished and has had her human rights abuses in the military denied and ignored. We need to continue to support her in her efforts to be discharged from the Army with an honorable discharge and her medical benefits. Much peace, Kim |