Grieving mom heckles Laura Bush
As casualties among the Iraqi people and U.S. soldiers
continue to mount, campaigners for President George W. Bush are
finding it hard to escape public criticism. On Sept. 17, Sue
Niederer of Hopewell, N.J., interrupted Laura Bush during a
campaign speech. Niederer's son, 24-year-old Seth Dvorin, had
been killed in Iraq in February of this year while trying to
disarm a bomb.
As a member of Military Families Speak Out, Niederer has
come out against the war and occupation in Iraq since her son's
death, from Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., to
Dover Air Force base in Delaware and the Republican National
Convention earlier this month in New York.
At the Laura Bush event, Niederer wore a shirt bearing a
photo of her son, with the words "President Bush, you killed my
son." She was arrested after she questioned Bush as to why it
was working-class children like hers, and not the children of
politicians, who are sent to combat. Charges against Niederer
were later dropped.
While both candidates say they'll maintain a large U.S.
troop presence in Iraq, the anti-war movement continues to
speak out and resist, demanding "Bring the troops home
now."
--LeiLani Dowell
Reprinted from the Sept. 30, 2004, issue of
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