After spending nearly in week in California after her mother suffered a stroke, anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan returns to Central Texas Wednesday afternoon to resume her vigil near the President’s ranch.

Sheehan is the Vacaville, Calif. woman who is demanding a meeting with the President about the death of her 24-year-old son Casey, a 1st Cavalry Division soldier who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Sheehan’s protest has attracted international attention and has sparked both local and national controversy.

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She began her vigil on Aug. 6, but interrupted it late last week after learning of her mother’s stroke.

President Bush has said he sympathizes with Sheehan, but says he disagrees with her call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

He told reporters Tuesday in Idaho that most military families do not share Sheehan’s views.

Bush supporters set up their own camp in downtown Crawford over the weekend, called “Fort Qualls” in honor of Temple Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Qualls who was killed in action in Iraq.

A caravan of Bush supporters sponsored by Move America Forward, meanwhile, left San Francisco Monday en route to Crawford for a rally and vigil Saturday.

Another conservative group, Grassfire.org, plans to send hundreds of pro-military, pro-Bush yard signs to Crawford to counter Sheehan’s effort.

The group plans to place 500 signs directly across from the anti-war protesters encampment on Thursday.

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