by Frank Cordaro
Des Moines Catholic Worker

On February 3rd, Elton Davis, of the DMCW community, Brian Terrell, the Director of the Catholic Peace Ministry and member of Strangers and guests CW community in Maloy IA, Patti McKee, Director of the Iowa Peace Network and former DMCW and Wendy Bobbit Vasquez, former Community for Creative Nonviolence and former DMCW were summoned to appear before a Federal Grand Jury in Des Moines on Tuesday, February 10th. Drake University and the National Lawyer’s Guild, Drake Chapter, were also summoned. All were summoned to answer questions regarding their roles in a Peace Making Conference and Demonstration which took place November 15 & 16th, 2003.

For seven intense days, the world was focused on Des Moines, or so it seemed. No sooner did the four get their summons than e-mails began to crisscross the country, going to various peace groups and progressive media outlets. The story got national mainline media attention within days after an Associated Press story hit the wires.

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Thorne Anderson, a photojournalist whose work emphasizes the impact of conflict on civilian populations, has documented the current situation in Iraq as well as the work of Voices In the Wilderness’ Iraq Peace Team project. Thorne is staying in Iraq with the IPT indefinitely.

View Iraq on the Edge (pdf)