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TUCSON, Arizona (AP) -- A group of anti-war senior citizens calling thems elves the "Tucson Raging Grannies" say they want to enlist in the US A rmy and go to Iraq so that their children and grandchildren can come hom e Five members of the group -- which is associated with the Women's Interna tional League for Peace and Freedom -- are due in court Monday to face t respassing charges after trying to enlist at a military recruitment cent er last week. The group has protested every week for the last three years outside the r ecruitment center. "We went in asking to be sent to Iraq so our kids and grandchildren can b e sent home, but rather than listening to us, they called the police," s aid 74-year-old Betty Schroeder. "It was their place to tell us the qual ifications, but they wouldn't even speak to us. "' Schroeder said her group may approach the Pentagon to see if they could b e sent to Iraq. Nancy Hutchinson, spokeswoman at the Army recruiting headquarters in Phoe nix which oversees Tucson's recruiters, said people who disagree with th e war should be contacting their legislators instead of bothering recrui ters. "They need to direct their frustrations at people who have the power to c hange things," Hutchinson said. "Recruiters don't make policy and they c an't change policy. " Schroeder said she hopes the trespassing charges will be dropped and an a pology given to the group from the Tucson Police Department and from the recruiters. "This was not a performance, a joke or civil disobedience," she said.
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