Agence France Presse
August 28, 2003 Thursday
SECTION: International News
BAGHDAD, Aug 28

Two activists from the “Voices in the Wilderness” group were thrown out of a press conference in Baghdad Thursday by the top US commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez.

The two demonstrators unveiled a poster, which read “The Killing Continues”, as they asked about a family of four Iraqis allegedly killed by US soldiers at a checkpoint in Baghdad August 7. They were immediately escorted out by US soldiers.

Voices in the Wilderness, a US-based group, was active over the last decade in protesting against the UN-enforced trade sanctions on Iraq, which were repealed only in May after the US-led invasion which toppled Saddam Hussein.