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Click Here Larry Northern, 46, of nearby Waco, Texas, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief in connection with the incident, Crawford Police Chief Donnie Tidmore said.
The small, white wooden crosses erected at the site are hand-painted with the names of soldiers killed in Iraq. Sheehan, of Vacaville, California, has demanded a meeting with Bush at wh ich she said she wants to call for the withdrawal of all US troops fro m Iraq. While Bush has expressed sympathy for Sheehan's grief, the White House ha s declined a meeting. Sheehan previously met with Bush in 2004 but wants another meeting. Michelle Mulkey, a spokeswoman for Sheehan, said protesters were still aw ake on Monday night when a truck dragging a pipe and chains drove over a portion of the area where the crosses were standing. Sheehan's vigil has attracted anti-war activists from all over the United States -- many of them also relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq -- who arrived to cheer her on and join in rallies. But not everyone in this farming town of just over 700 people is happy ab out the presence of Camp Casey and the accompanying media circus. One re sident, neighbor Larry Mattlage, fired shots into the air on Sunday from his ranch near Bush's 1,600-acre (648-hectare) property.
President of Gold Star Families for Peace, Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville , California, kneels with a cross bearing the name of her military son C asey who died serving in Iraq in 2004, at her anti-war protest camp near the ranch owned by US President George W Bush in Crawford, Texas Aug ust 15, 2005. A pickup truck ran over wooden crosses erected at Sheehan' s campsite on Monday night, in the latest sign of tension over the peace vigil.
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