LOS ANGELES, September 29, 2006 - After refusing to return to Iraq for a second time, Army Specialist Agustin Aguayo turned himself in on Tuesday September 26, 2006 at the Fort Irwin Army Base near Barstow, California. Aquayo had filed for conscientious objector status before being deployed to Iraq in 2004. His petition was wrongfully denied by the military and he was forced to flee from a back bedroom window of his home in Germany rather than return for a second time.
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Los Angeles, September 28, 2006 -- Report from the scene at La Cienega and Century Blvd. LAPD has five buses waiting for protesters to be taken away. Three of the buses are full and 35 people remain lying in the street, another protest is happening just west of this location. So far the protest has been extremely civil -- the protestors are cooperating with the police, getting up and walking to the buses when told. Among those arrested are Assemblyman Paul Kortez (D-West Hollywood), and State Senator Gilbert Cedillo (D-Los Angeles). Two people have been cited with Disorderly Conduct. In addition to those being arrested in Civil Disobedience actions, about 400 supporters are chanting from the sidewalks.
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LOS ANGELES, September 25, 2006 – A coalition of faith based groups succeeded in closing the army recruitment center in Hollywood today. Early Monday morning a group of about 50 marched down Hollywood Blvd. to the recruitment center and proceeded to block the entrance. They were prepared to risk arrest but it did not come to that. Police monitored the group but did not interfere. It is believed that the center knew in advance of the action and closed because of the demonstration.
About 25 people set up an all day vigil at the front doors to make sure the recruitment center did not try to reopen. One of the people who took part, Ann Bishop, said of the action “We may have saved a few lives. Somebody didn’t sign up, and maybe having a day to think it over they won’t sign up, and they won’t go some where and be killed or kill any body”. From the Newswire Peace Group Shuts down Army Recruitment Center in Hollywood | | MP3 Audio: Declaration of Peace