Moms Turned Protesters

Ward Reilly, left, of Baton Rouge, La., and Andrea Garland, right, of New Orleans, light candles at their camp site on the side of the road near the Bush ranch Aug. 11, 2005, in Crawford, Texas. The two are members of Cindy Sheehan's legal counsel and have been camping at the site with her. Sheehan, a California woman whose 24-year-old son died in Iraq last year, has organized a mother's protest near the Bush ranch.

Sharon Barrington of Austin, Texas, walks Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 down a road in Crawford, Texas, lined with crosses bearing the names of soldiers who have been killed in Iraq. The crosses were placed by a roadside camp of anti-war protestors near President Bush's ranch.

Kathleen Hernandez, center left, of Topanga, Calif., chats with June Brashares, right, of San Francisco, as they read the local newspaper by flashlight at their roadside campsite near the ranch of President Bush, Aug. 11, 2005, in Crawford, Texas.

Quinn Timmers, 6, of Fort Worth, Texas, runs through a maze of white crosses that were placed at the makeshift campsite of anti-war protesters near the ranch of President Bush, Aug. 11, 2005, in Crawford, Texas. Timmers was at the site with her mother, Hillary.

Mary Ann MacCombie, right, of Atlanta hugs an unidentified woman after speaking at an anti-war rally in front of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Decatur, Ga., Aug 11, 2005. MacCombie's son Sgt. Ryan M. Campbell was killed while serving in Iraq in April 2004.

Rebecca Bahr of Scottsdale, Ariz., looks at crosses placed by a roadside camp near President Bush's ranch, Aug. 11, 2005, in Crawford, Texas. The crosses have the names of soldiers killed in the Iraq war.

Sue Niederer of Hopewell, N.J., whose son, Seth Dvorin, a member of the 101st Airborne Division, died in Iraq in February 2004, marches in an anti-war protest in New York, March 20, 2004. The rally marked the first anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and called for the removal of American troops from the region.

This is Sue Niederer's son: Lt. Seth Dvorin of East Brunswick, N.J., shown in a file photo, date and location not known, was killed Feb. 3, 2004, while trying to disarm a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., the mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a peace vigil near President Bush's ranch, awaits an interview with a TV network about her protest, Aug. 7, 2005. Sheehan, whose son, Spcl. Casey Austin Sheehan, was killed in Iraq, has formed the Gold Star Families For Peace and has spoken out against the war across the nation.

This is Cindy Sheehan's son, Spc. Casey Sheehan, 24, of Vacaville, Calif., who was killed April 4, 2004, in a fire-fight outside Baghdad. He had been in the Iraqi desert for only two weeks. A standout student at Vacaville High School, Sheehan went on to study theater at Solano Community College.

Sue Niederer and her husband, Greg, sit near the boots of their son July 2, 2004, at an exhibit titled "Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of War in Iraq." The display, at Independence Mall Visitor's Center in Philadelphia, featured more than 800 pairs of soldiers' boots representing U.S. war casualties.

Niederer, center, is removed from a rally, after yelling at first lady Laura Bush, who was appearing at the campaign event for President Bush, in Hamilton Township, N.J., Sept. 16, 2004. In portions of an interview posted online in May on the Web site Counterpunch.org, Niederer said she wanted to "rip the president's head off" and "shoot him in the groined area."

Police escort Niederer from the Sept. 16 rally. Her online comments have caught the attention of a Secret Service analyst and are under review, Special Agent Tony Colgary told The Times of Trenton. It is a federal crime to threaten to kill the president. Niederer told the newspaper that she was upset about her son's death when she gave the interviews. She insisted that she did not want to kill or shoot the president.

Niederer shouts at Secretary of State Colin Powell's motorcade as he leaves after speaking at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., Feb. 20, 2004. Powell had just told the audience that the U.S. war in Iraq was justified even though weapons of mass destruction have not been found.

A teary-eyed Sue Albert, middle, of Princeton, N.J., hugs Sue Niederer, left, at an anti-war protest across the street from Princeton University, Feb. 20, 2004, after learning that Niederer's son was killed in Iraq.

Sue Albert, right, hugs Sue Niederer, left, at the anti-war protest in Princeton, N.J., Feb. 20, 2004.

Cindy Sheehan, center, whose son died in Iraq, listens to Capt. Ken Vanek of the McLennan County (Texas) Sheriff's Office, left, as he discusses the procedures for a peace protest by Sheehan and others to confront President Bush at his ranch, in Crawford, Texas, Aug. 6, 2005.

Cindy Sheehan confronts McLennan County chief deputy Randy Plemons while attempting to see President Bush on his ranch outside Crawford, Texas, Aug. 6, 2005. Sheehan vowed she would camp out as close as she could get to the president's ranch until he comes out and talks to her.

Sheehan, supported by more than 50 shouting demonstrators, pours water on her head while camping out on Prairie Chapel Road, Aug. 6, 2005, in Crawford, Texas.

This is Cindy Sheehan as she appeared during "Words and Music in Honor of Fahrenheit 9/11" on Jan. 6, 2005, at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif.