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Activists toface chargesafter sit-inStaff reportsRYE — Rye resident Guy Chichester and seven other peace activists will be tried in Concord District Court Thursday following a sit-in last year at U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg’s Concord office.The eight were arrested on Dec. 5 on charges of criminal trespass as they allegedly waited to hear from Gregg, R-N.H., regarding their seventh request for a public meeting to discuss the ongoing war in Iraq and an exit strategy.“The people of this country do not want this war to continue, and more peace activists must stand up,” said Chichester.The eight activists, dubbed the Concord 8, were arrested while allegedly reading the names of Americans killed in Iraq, as well as the names of many Iraqi citizens who have died.The Associated Press reported on Monday that at least 2,457 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 1,935 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.The AP count is the same as the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Monday at 10 a.m.A recentABC/Washington Post poll indicates that 66 percent of Americans disapprove of the president’s handling of theIraq war.In February, Chichester and five others were found guilty of “criminal trespass” for having earlier asked for a public forum with Gregg in June 2005.Defense attorneys will ask the court for a pretrial ruling that would allow them tointroduce an “expert witness, Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst whose government career spanned 27 years, to speak in support of the actions of the eight defendants. McGovern is scheduled to speak in Manchester today at the Unitarian Church and at the Keene Unitarian Church on Thursday at 7 p.m.Peace and social justice activists are preparing to hold a series of read-ins at all of New Hampshire’s congressional offices within thestate on May 31.
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Portsmouth Herald
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Wed, May 24, 2006
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