Salt Lake City, Utah

Military Families Speak Out member Aaron Davis addressed a rally crowd of over 500 people in the state capital here. He called for the return to the US of the troops deployed in Iraq, including his sons Caleb and Corban, both stationed in Tikrit, one of the deadlier hotspots in the US occupation of Iraq.

He and his wife Jan carried a sign with Caleb and Corban's pictures and the slogan "Support the Troops, Bring Them Home." Jan was quoted in the Salt Lake City Tribune saying, " I ache for them all the time. They're so young. You hear about people even strapping bombs to their kids [to kill and maim U.S. troops in Iraq]. I pray for them twice a day."

posted 21 march 2004