Local (Fulton, MO) man protests war, deaths in Iraq

Local man protests war, deaths in Iraq

Harold Graf is tired of hearing about American soldiers dying during the war in Iraq, and now he wants to do something about it.

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Graf said the protest of Cindy Sheehan - whose son Casey was one of nearly 2,000 American soldiers killed in Iraq - in Crawford, Texas also played a role in his decision. In particular, he said, he was influenced by the way Sheehan has been treated.

"They allowed an idiot down there to shoot over their heads and run down through their memorials," he said. "Now they're demonizing her, and that's not right. They always kill the messenger, but what about the message?"

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Graf, 77, has spent time in the military himself. He served stateside in the Army and the active Reserve for seven years, as well as working as a civilian Army supply officer during the Vietnam War.

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