Anti-war group to break hunger strike on Jordan trip
Submitted on July 31, 2006 - 12:00am.
A.N. Hernández - Summer 2006
WASHINGTON – Diane Wilson, on her 28th day of a hunger strike, lugs three bags slowly through the center of Lafayette Park across the street from the White House.
“Any type of walking just gets your heart beating fast, and your breathing is more like panting. Your mouth just gets really dry, and any type of exertion, especially in the sun, will just drain you,” Wilson, 58, said Monday as she sat under the shade of a large tree.
The city was under a heat advisory, with afternoon temperatures in the mid-90s.
Wilson, of Seadrift, Texas, is an environmental activist and co-founder of CodePink, a women's anti-war group. The group arranged the Troops Home Fast, which began July 4. The fasters are calling for the Bush administration to pull troops out of Iraq. Every day, a group of CodePink fasters meets in the park.
“Any type of walking just gets your heart beating fast, and your breathing is more like panting. Your mouth just gets really dry, and any type of exertion, especially in the sun, will just drain you,” Wilson, 58, said Monday as she sat under the shade of a large tree.
The city was under a heat advisory, with afternoon temperatures in the mid-90s.
Wilson, of Seadrift, Texas, is an environmental activist and co-founder of CodePink, a women's anti-war group. The group arranged the Troops Home Fast, which began July 4. The fasters are calling for the Bush administration to pull troops out of Iraq. Every day, a group of CodePink fasters meets in the park.
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