Codepink4peace.org, aka CODEPINK, is a
women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement that is
working to end the war in Iraq, and prevent a war in Iran. Both
men and women are members of CODEPINK, though, and they have been
holding activist rallies against the war since November 17,
2002.
Though they hold peaceful protests, a lot of them use realism to get
their message across, by dressing in military camoflauge and spreading
fake blood on themselves. They are a peace group - but they want
their message to be real.
At a Congressional hearing, the anti-war
protestor in the photo above next to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice, held blood-stained hands up to Condi and shouted "war
criminal!"
"The blood of millions of Iraqis is on your
hands!" the protestor yelled. Her name is Desiree Anita
Ali-Fairooz, and she's a member of the Code Pink
organization.
Five people total were arrested and
charged.
The woman was escorted out by plan-clothes
security and police, and was charged with disorderly conduct, assault on
a police officer, and defacing government property for smearing the
red paint on her hands on the hallway wall outside the hearing
room.
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