| | Marla Ruzicka was a 28-year-old activist who had traveled to Iraq in 2003 under the aegis of Code Pink, along with a delegation whose members intended to act as human shields to protest the liberation of the Iraq people from [[Ba'athist]] tyranny. Out of genuine humanitarian concern for civilians, Ruzicka left Code Pink in December 2004. She began working with the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict(CIVIC).<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24737-2004Aug22.html U.S. Activist Mends Lives Torn by War], By Glenn Kessler, ''The Washington Post'', August 23, 2004, Page A13.</ref> In April 2005, Ruzicka was killed when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy she was riding in.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17933 Who Killed Marla Ruzicka?], By David Horowitz and Ben Johnson, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', May 3, 2005.</ref> | | Marla Ruzicka was a 28-year-old activist who had traveled to Iraq in 2003 under the aegis of Code Pink, along with a delegation whose members intended to act as human shields to protest the liberation of the Iraq people from [[Ba'athist]] tyranny. Out of genuine humanitarian concern for civilians, Ruzicka left Code Pink in December 2004. She began working with the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict(CIVIC).<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24737-2004Aug22.html U.S. Activist Mends Lives Torn by War], By Glenn Kessler, ''The Washington Post'', August 23, 2004, Page A13.</ref> In April 2005, Ruzicka was killed when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy she was riding in.<ref>[http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17933 Who Killed Marla Ruzicka?], By David Horowitz and Ben Johnson, ''FrontPageMagazine.com'', May 3, 2005.</ref> |