After the September 11 attacks on the United States , Sinema was involved in organizing a Phoenix-area group called the Arizona Alliance for Peaceful Justice ( AAPJ ) . According to Lederman , " The group 's mission statement at the time called military action ' an inappropriate response to terrorism ' and advocated for using the legal system not violence to bring Osama bin Laden and others to justice . " Sinema wrote : " As one of the core organizers against the war from day one ( September 12 , 2001 ) , I have always and will always continue to oppose war in all its forms . " On September 15 , 2018 , CNN reported that Sinema , as an antiwar activist in the years after 9/11 , " led a group that distributed flyers depicting an American soldier as a skeleton inflicting ' U.S. terror ' in Iraq and the Middle East . " The flyers " promoted a February 2003 rally organized by Local to Global Justice , an anti-war group Sinema co-founded " . Sinema was described in news reports as an organizer and sponsor of the rally and was " listed as the point of contact for the event " . One flyer referred to " Bush and his fascist , imperialist war " , saying , " Government is slavery " , and describing laws as " cobwebs for the rich and chains of steel for the poor " . CNN said that such positions were " a contrast from the more moderate profile she has developed since her 2012 election to Congress "
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Kyrsten Sinema