JFAC Rally 'Aafia -The Last Stand' - Ken O'Keefe

Ken O'Keefe speaking outside the US embassy at the Justice For Aafia Coalition rally, "Aafia - the Last Stand", 15th August 2010.

Kenneth Nichols O'Keefe (born Kenneth Roy Nichols July 21, 1969) is a naturalised Irish, Palestinian and Hawaiian citizen and activist, he is also an ex-U.S. Marine who served in the 1991 Gulf War and subsequently spoke out about the use of depleted uranium as a "crime against humanity" and the US military using soldiers as "human guinea pigs" with experimental drugs that were directly linked to Gulf War syndrome. He is an American born citizen who renounced his US citizenship on March 1, 2001. He is also a social entrepreneur utilizing direct action marine conservation, but he is more widely known for leading the human shield action to Iraq and as a survivor of the Israeli attack on the MV Mavi Marmara in which he participated in "defending the ship" and "disarming two Israeli Commandos".

On January 7, 2004, O'Keefe burned his US passport in protest of "American Imperialism" and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a "World Passport", subsequently proclaiming himself a "Citizen of the World" with "ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth."

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[MrJiddukrishhesse]

a great man!

[aamirmp1]

Such a true Christian.Love you.

[MuslimsUniteNow]

I wish there were more like him, I wish we Muslims could think and speak like him...may your followers grow, Ken, and may Islam grow.

[LongiBrudda]

Allah guide this brother to Islam!

[digitalSensei]

Right on brother!