A U.S. Army sniper scans the horizon through his rifle scope during a raid on insurgent targets in Mosul, Iraq Monday, Jan. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Jim MacMillan)
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CHICAGO -
A U.S. university in Wisconsin has
blocked an attempt by Republican students to raise money for a
group called "Adopt a Sniper" that raises money for U.S.
sharp-shooters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The students were selling bracelets bearing the motto "1
Shot 1 Kill No Remorse I Decide."
"Clearly the rhetoric of that organization raised some
questions and we had some strong objections as a Jesuit
university," Marquette University school spokeswoman Brigid
O'Brien said on Thursday.
The students, representing a group called College
Republicans, originally got permission to set up a table at the
student union to raise money for U.S. troops in Iraq.
But they chose to promote a group called Adopt a Sniper,
which says on its Web site it supports snipers deployed by the
United States armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group
says it "helps real snipers get the real gear they need to help
keep us safe."
The brainchild of a Texas police SWAT officer Adopt a
Sniper (www.adoptasniper.org) has raised thousands of dollars
in cash and gear to supplement the kit of sharp shooters in
U.S. combat platoons.
Among products sold on the site is a $15 coin with the
imprinted phrase "Assistance From A Distance."
© 2005 San Francisco Chronicle
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