Anti-war campaigner Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier who was killed in Iraq, is launching an international solidarity coalition with Iraqis.
Ms Sheehan became known as 'Peace Mom' in the US after setting up a camp outside US President George W Bush's ranch in Texas.
She has been campaigning since her son Casey was killed just five days after arriving in Iraq in 2004.
Today she met with Iraqis dealing with the refugee crisis in Jordan.
The solitary coalition's first action will be co-ordinated mass marches in the US and Iraq on 15 September, timed to the release of the Iraq progress report by multi-national forces commander General David Patraeus.
However, the White House revealed yesterday that congressional schedules could mean that Gen Patraeus will present his report on the notable date of 11 September (read that story here).
Ms Sheehan, from Vacaville in California, has been arrested at a protests outside the White House and in New York.
In December, she was convicted of trespassing when she and three other women attempted to deliver an anti-Iraq war petition to the US mission at the United Nations.
The activist has taken her campaign against the war in Iraq around the world, including to the UK and Ireland.
