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'''Cindy Sheehan''' is an anti-war protester, known for her inflammatory remarks regarding President Bush.  She has received heavy media coverage.  Many have declared and celebrated her as the face of the anti-war, anti-American movement.  Her son was tragically lost in the [[Iraq War]]. Some of her most controversial acts include calling President Bush "the biggest terrorist in the world today," and at the same time personally praising the authoritarian president of [[Venezuela]], [[Hugo Chavez]] for "supporting life and peace"<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704025</ref>.   

'''Cindy Sheehan''' is an anti-war protester, known for her inflammatory remarks regarding President Bush.  She has received heavy media coverage.  Many have declared and celebrated her as the face of the anti-war, anti-American movement.  Her son was tragically lost in the [[Iraq War]]. Some of her most controversial acts include calling President Bush "the biggest terrorist in the world today," and at the same time personally praising the authoritarian president of [[Venezuela]], [[Hugo Chavez]] for "supporting life and peace" <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10704025</ref>.   

 

== Criticism ==

== Criticism ==

It was reported that a few weeks after her son's death, Sheehan agreed to make commercials for John Kerry and was put on his campaign payroll.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221519,00.html</ref>   

It was reported that a few weeks after her son's death, Sheehan agreed to make commercials for John Kerry and was put on his campaign payroll. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221519,00.html</ref>   

Many other parents of soldiers killed in action have rigorously protested her actions, specifically her use of the names of other soldiers who have been killed in her anti-war protests.<ref>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3723057&nav=0s3ddLEI</ref>

Many other parents of soldiers killed in action have rigorously protested her actions, specifically her use of the names of other soldiers who have been killed in her anti-war protests.<ref>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3723057&nav=0s3ddLEI</ref>

She has also made extremely [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] remarks<ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/14/101150.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.nysun.com/article/18436</ref>, even blaming Israel for her son's death.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/22/the_cindy_sheehan_you_dont_know/</ref>

She has also made extremely [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] remarks <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/8/14/101150.shtml</ref><ref>http://www.nysun.com/article/18436</ref>, even blaming Israel for her son's death.<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/22/the_cindy_sheehan_you_dont_know/</ref>

 

She has stated:“[My son] was killed for lies and for a [[PNAC]] [[Neo-Con]] agenda to benefit [[Israel]].  We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy … not for the real reason, because the Arab Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy.” <ref>National Review, [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2FjYjA3NDU2NThiZjI4YzFkYTdkZmViY2M5M2U4MTE= ''Dear Useful Idiot''], Catherine Seipp, May 26, 2006. </ref>

She has stated:“[My son] was killed for lies and for a [[PNAC]] [[Neo-Con]] agenda to benefit [[Israel]]. We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy … not for the real reason, because the Arab Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy.”<ref>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2FjYjA3NDU2NThiZjI4YzFkYTdkZmViY2M5M2U4MTE=</ref>

Cindy Sheehan and her Gold Star Families for Peace anti-war group have received much support from [[Democrats]], World Can't Wait Coalition, CODE PINK Women for Peace <ref>[http://attackreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=codepink ATTAC Report]</ref>, and former [[KKK]] member Dr. [[David Duke]]. <ref>http://www.davidduke.com/index.php?p=350</ref>

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