Wright, Ann Peace Activist – former Army Colonel and foreign service officer
Updated 2024-08-30
Ann Wright- Wikipedia A retired United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She received the State Department Award for Heroism in 1997, after helping to evacuate several thousand people during the civil war in Sierra Leone.
Wright is one of three State Department officials to publicly resign in direct protest of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Wright was also a passenger on the Challenger 1, which along with the Mavi Marmara, was part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. As of 2024, she is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Wright
2023-12-20 Former Army Colonel Ann Wright Condemns Israeli Weapons Sales at UN While testifying about the evil of weapons sales and transfers, their devastating human toll, and the evil of military-industrial complexes, former colonel, U.S. diplomat, and now Veteran For Peace Ann Wright turned her testimony into a condemnation of Israels unconscionable Gaza mass murder and devastation into an appeal for a ceasefire – NOW! Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtJg-nGM_w0
2023-12-03 Ann Wright – Genocide in Gaza, Freedom Flotillas, & The International Campaign to Save Gaza Long-time, dear friend, Col. (ret) US Army and former State Department diplomat, returns with an update on the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Ann presents a different take on the outcome from other analysists. She insists Palestine must tell the world what its solution is and not America, the EU or others. She’s a member of the International Campaign to save Gaza, https://savegazza.com/ the US Boats to Gaza https://usboatstogaza.org/
and the Freedom Flotilla Coaliltion https://freedomflotilla.org/2023/11/24/ffc-joins-save-gaza/ To get involved, you can donate here https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/donate_ffc To follow the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal https://www.nonviolenceinternational…. https://rumble.com/v3vhyka-merchants-… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RanjAxJkgsE
2021-10-12 “The common thing is that no one wants war” – Col. Ann Wright (ret.) Ann Wright is a former colonel and foreign service officer who resigned her commission in protest of the second U.S. invasion of Iraq. After decades of a career in international diplomacy, she raised her concerns about U.S. foreign policy and met indifference. She now devotes those honed skills as an experienced diplomat to directly advocate and promote international peace. She is also the co-author of “Dissent: Voices of Conscience.”
“I thought, well, I cannot be a part of what I know is going to be a horrific, horrific bloodbath in Iraq. And not that my resignation will make a bit of difference, but at least I won’t be a part of it. I won’t have that on my conscience. And so, I ended up resigning.” https://couragetoresist.org/podcast-ann-wright/
2018-07-18 How Ann Wright, Former US Army Colonel and Diplomat, Became a Peace Activist From the Freedom Flotilla in Naples, Italy, Colonel Ann Wright explains her commitment to Palestinian rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVy3SNtqTgw&t=87s
2014-07-21 Col. Ann Wright to Israel: ‘Stop the Massacre of Innocent Civilians in Gaza’ Representatives from the “Veterans for Peace,” a national organization, staged a demonstration Monday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Its purpose was to deliver a letter to Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer. Before trying to deliver the letter, Col. Ann Wright (U.S. Army, Retired), read its contents in front of the entrance to the embassy. Col. Wright is a member of the Veterans for Peace and also a former official of the U.S. State Department. She resigned from that position rather than endorse the immoral and illegal Iraq War.
Col. Wright, speaking on behalf of the Veterans for Peace delegation, demanded: Israel “stop the slaughter of the innocent civilians in Gaza.” She labeled it: “a clear violation of international laws of war and human rights.” She added: “More than 500 Palestinians have been murdered almost all of them civilians, nearly a quarter of them children…stop the massacre now!” Col. Wright had a special message for Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. She said: “You can bomb the world into pieces, but you cannot bomb it into peace!”
The embassy’s officials refused to accept the Veterans for Peace’s letter when Tarak Kauff of the VFP tried to present it to them. CODEPINK activists also took part in the demonstration. To learn more, about the Veterans for Peace, go to: http://www.veteransforpeace.org Col. Wright’s full statement can be heard on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkkX0-Wtbgs
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