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Article: PEACE CAMP BLOSSOMS IN ARABIAN DESERT.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 2, 1991
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Byline: Dilip Ganguly Associated Press
Deep in the Arabian desert, retired British schoolteachers, German mothers and teenage Belgians danced to tunes from guitars and flutes and sang "We Shall Overcome."
The 50 Western peace activists believe that the presence of their "peace camp" near the Iraqi- Saudi frontier could help avert war in the Persian Gulf.
They began the new year by chanting for peace and planting an olive tree on the Iraqi-Saudi border. On New Year's Eve, they lit candles, rang a bell and offered silent prayers.
Iraqi soldiers, some of them teenagers, appeared bemused by it all. They watched from a distance, their ...