Henry Williamson

The seven activists (Barbara Lubin, CA; Nathan Mauger, WA; Danny Muller, IL; Bill Quigley, LA; David Smith-Ferri, CA; Leah Wells, CA; Henry Williamson, SC) brought between US$20,000-$30,000 worth of medicines.
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Henry Williamson, a practicing paramedic, supervised the purchase of the most of the medicines."We offer these medicines as a gift of peace in hope that alternatives to Bush's insatiable desire for war will be sought by all nations."he said.Williamson served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a combat medic and volunteered to serve in the Gulf War.He first traveled to Iraq in 1998.Williamson will be staying in Iraq for several months with Iraq Peace Team.

The seven activists (Barbara Lubin, CA; Nathan Mauger, WA; Danny Muller, IL; Bill Quigley, LA; David Smith-Ferri, CA; Leah Wells, CA; Henry Williamson, SC) brought between US$20,000-$30,000 worth of medicines.
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Henry Williamson, a practicing paramedic, supervised the purchase of the most of the medicines."We offer these medicines as a gift of peace in hope that alternatives to Bush's insatiable desire for war will be sought by all nations."he said.Williamson served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a combat medic and volunteered to serve in the Gulf War.He first traveled to Iraq in 1998.Williamson will be staying in Iraq for several months with Iraq Peace Team.

Henry Williamson, a 54-year-old para-medic from Charleston, S.C., currently occupies room 509 of the Al Fanar Hotel in Baghdad.The days and nights are hot; the air conditioning pathetic.There are dust storms and a possible war on the horizon.Nonetheless, Williamson, a multi-term combat medic in Vietnam and now a member of the Iraq Peace Team, is planning to stay for at least two months.

Over the next six weeks, the Iraq Peace Team will funnel approximately 40 American peace activists into "enemy territory" for short-term or open-ended stays.Their mission?To show solidarity with the Iraqi people and to articulate for the American public the perspective of the besieged.

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The Chicago-based organization, which is working to end economic sanctions on Iraq, initiated the Iraq Peace Team last August and sent its first group, Williamson among them, to Iraq in late September.

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Williamson says he is not afraid."I believe in reincarnation.You must do what is right, and the chips will fall were they will," he said.He would like to see his wife and grown sons again but says of the Iraqis, "These are wonderful people to die with."He has brought an "arsenal of nonprescription drugs," to Baghdad and currently spends much of his day doing medical assessments for hotel staff and neighborhood children, dispensing medicine and purchasing prescriptions."I make contact with the physicians and see what they need," he said.

The Iraqis, he said, are less afraid of aerial bombardments than the aftereffects of the war -- famine, a tightening of sanctions that have already killed "thousands and thousands and thousands."

"Getting killed by a bomb is instant, whereas sanctions give you much more time to ponder your death," he said.

Henry Williamson, a 54-year-old para-medic from Charleston, S.C., currently occupies room 509 of the Al Fanar Hotel in Baghdad.The days and nights are hot; the air conditioning pathetic.There are dust storms and a possible war on the horizon.Nonetheless, Williamson, a multi-term combat medic in Vietnam and now a member of the Iraq Peace Team, is planning to stay for at least two months.
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The Chicago-based organization, which is working to end economic sanctions on Iraq, initiated the Iraq Peace Team last August and sent its first group, Williamson among them, to Iraq in late September.
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Williamson says he is not afraid."I believe in reincarnation.You must do what is right, and the chips will fall were they will," he said.He would like to see his wife and grown sons again but says of the Iraqis, "These are wonderful people to die with."He has brought an "arsenal of nonprescription drugs," to Baghdad and currently spends much of his day doing medical assessments for hotel staff and neighborhood children, dispensing medicine and purchasing prescriptions."I make contact with the physicians and see what they need," he said.

The Iraqis, he said, are less afraid of aerial bombardments than the aftereffects of the war -- famine, a tightening of sanctions that have already killed "thousands and thousands and thousands."

"Getting killed by a bomb is instant, whereas sanctions give you much more time to ponder your death," he said.

The seven activists (Barbara Lubin, CA; Nathan Mauger, WA; Danny Muller, IL; Bill Quigley, LA; David Smith-Ferri, CA; Leah Wells, CA; Henry Williamson, SC) brought between US$20,000-$30,000 worth of medicines.
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Henry Williamson, a practicing paramedic, supervised the purchase of the most of the medicines."We offer these medicines as a gift of peace in hope that alternatives to Bush's insatiable desire for war will be sought by all nations."he said.Williamson served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a combat medic and volunteered to serve in the Gulf War.He first traveled to Iraq in 1998.Williamson will be staying in Iraq for several months with Iraq Peace Team.

The seven activists (Barbara Lubin, CA; Nathan Mauger, WA; Danny Muller, IL; Bill Quigley, LA; David Smith-Ferri, CA; Leah Wells, CA; Henry Williamson, SC) brought between US$20,000-$30,000 worth of medicines.
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Henry Williamson, a practicing paramedic, supervised the purchase of the most of the medicines."We offer these medicines as a gift of peace in hope that alternatives to Bush's insatiable desire for war will be sought by all nations."he said.Williamson served three tours of duty in the Vietnam War as a combat medic and volunteered to serve in the Gulf War.He first traveled to Iraq in 1998.Williamson will be staying in Iraq for several months with Iraq Peace Team.