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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 22. Oktober 2004 / Time Line October 22, 2004
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Arrested at Anti-War Protest, Deptford, New Jersey, Quaker, 89
Years Of Age, Is Imprisoned
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1021-04.htm
By Richard Pearsall
© Copyright 2004 Camden, NJ Courier-Post and
CommonDreams.org
Lillian Willoughby, a Deptford, New Jersey Quaker who will
turn 90 in January, went to jail Wednesday to protest the war in
Iraq.
Shortly before noon, Willoughby rose from her wheelchair, gave her
husband of 64 years, George, a hug and a kiss, and disappeared into
the federal detention center at Seventh and Arch streets here.
Reporting with her were five other peace activists, including a
young couple from Camden, Cassie Haw, 22, and her husband,
Chris, 23. All were convicted of obstructing the entrance to
the federal building in Philadelphia on March 20, 2003, the day the
United States invaded Iraq.
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