Jeri L. Reed, a PhD candidate in history at the University of Oklahoma, is the mother of Cody, 21, a US soldier located at the Abu Gharib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. Jeri and her daughter-in-law (Cody’s wife) Sara Camacho, a German clerical worker, will be the guests of a live dialogue at IslamOnline on the rising death toll of US troops in Iraq.
Jeri L. Reed, Cody’s mother, is a member of Military Families Speak Out, a group of families with loved ones in the military who have opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq.