http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040405/ap_on_re_us/soldier_mom&cid=519&ncid=1480SAN FRANCISCO - An Alameda woman traveled more than 7,400 miles recently to find her son in Iraq (news - web sites), who is stationed there.
Susan Galleymore, 48, went against the warnings of military officials by showing up for a surprise visit at her 26-year-old son's military base on Feb. 1, seven days after leaving with a group from the Bay Area. snip
Essays posted on her Weblog after her trip have attracted both praise and criticism from other mothers of servicemen. In them, Galleymore describes overcrowded Iraqi hospitals, downtrodden soldiers, and how "jittery GIs shoot Iraqi civilians in the streets." snip
Galleymore's 10-day trip, which was also spent visiting hospitals, orphanages and politicians, was arranged by the women-founded peace activist group Code Pink, whose self-described mission includes "giving President Bush (news - web sites) a pink slip." The group has led about a dozen parents to Iraq over the past few months.
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