Iraq Lines Up 100,000 Human Shields For War

IOL ^ | 1-4-2003

[blam]

Iraq lines up 100 000 human shields for war

January 04 2003 at 01:37PM

Baghdad - Iraq is preparing to take in thousands of people from across the world who have offered to be used as "human shields" against a US-led war, an official newspaper reported on Saturday.

Al-Qadissiyah quoted former Jordanian MP Mansur Murad, who has been campaigning for volunteers, as saying some 100 000 people had already come forward.

However, the daily gave no dates for the arrival of the volunteers, nor their exact numbers.

Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz said on Thursday the regime backed the human shield volunteers.

"Resistance to the United States concerns not only Iraqis but the Arab nation and the free countries of the world," he said.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi News Agency reported from Paris that a group of French "peace volunteers" would arrive in Baghdad shortly at the initiative of the Franco-Iraqi friendship association run by Gilles Munier. - Sapa-AFP

[blam]

Grease spots.

[Republic of Texas]

Already posted under the same headline.

[Rocko]

Darwin Award candidates.

[ppaul]

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[Jhoffa_]

This is not going to be a re-run of Gulf War 1.

Even though we will win, it's quite likely to be a foreign policy disaster for Dubya.

[Dan(9698)]

>>>...it's quite likely to be a foreign policy disaster for Dubya.

So --- It is not being done to have a foreign policy result.

Clinton did that and that is what got us into this mess.

It is being done to clean up the mess and prevent worse attacks on us.

[river rat]

Sounds like a "win/win" scenario to me...
Does anyone see a down side to killing these "shields"?

Just throwing a little bleach into the gene pool.


Semper Fi

[Jhoffa_]

It is being done to clean up the mess and prevent worse attacks on us.

I am not so sure about that..

I support the war, but not for the reasons stated.

We made a deal with Saddam to end the war in 1991, he broke the deal and therefore the war should resume.. period.

However, I just do not see him as an immediate threat to our security.

[paguch]

We have to realize that we have to take the war to them. Iraq is a good place to start.
If people want to be human shields they should get straight with their God. Then we should move forward. Maby the NCC would be interested. Maby not, it will take them quite a while to get straight.

[stevem]

I've said it before and will say it again. Use of human shields doesn't sound like much of a strategy other than you know before you start that you are through.

People from around the world that race to Iraq to become human shields don't sound all thgat bright to me. There can't be any doubt you are doing them a favor to end their lives.

Right now we have adults trying to protect American citizens from the terrorists. When you have terrorist cells sneaking around the world killing people, who do you go see about that? Well, one place to go is to heads of state that sponsor such things. You really have to take it to the source, to the Husseins of the world and hit them ten, fifty, one hundred times harder than they hit you. Now this is not mutual assured destruction. What you are doing is assuring terrorist sponsors around the world that the price of hurting us is death to you.

It will be interesting to see the outcome of this battle, this war. The quislings in Europe that are stuck in the same struggle will soon wish they had climbed aboard from the beginning instead of their appeasing plan of trying to be tha last one killed. I can't get it out of my mind that the more thoughtful citizens around the world that are watching Arabs blow up cafes, churches, nightclubs and other places designed to terrorize the most people are pulling for the US in this and wishing we would get started. Deep down they know, as Kofi Annan hasn't the first clue, that some men have to do more than just talk.

[GoMonster]

good. we can get lucky and get rid of them all in one shot.

[RoughDobermann]

TRE (Target Rich Environment)

[RightWhale]

a group of French "peace volunteers" would arrive in Baghdad

Franks return to the Middle East after 800 year absence.

[ChicagoRepublican]

So Iraq finally mobilized their army.

[spoiler2]

"I just do not see him as an immediate threat to our security."

Perhaps if you/we all knew more of Saddam's involvement with other militant Muslim groups, the threat would appear more clearly.

I expect this confrontation with Saddam will be cleaner, that is, more precise than the 1991 conflict, with relatively few civilian casualties, unless of course, the "sheilds" are standing directly inside or outside facilities that must be eliminated.

[paul51]

Please advise all volunteers to stay together in large groups when near likely targets. These fools remind me of taliban johnny. They will be singing a different tune when the are under fire.

[Steel Wolf]

I expect this confrontation with Saddam will be cleaner, that is, more precise than the 1991 conflict, with relatively few civilian casualties, unless of course, the "sheilds" are standing directly inside or outside facilities that must be eliminated.

Armed Iraqi vetrans of a 10 year war with Iran were surrending to our camera crews and UAVs as soon as they could in the last war. I know of a HUMVEE that was pulled out of a ditch by an Iraqi tank, just so they could surrender to the U.S. soldiers inside.

The Iraqi POWs were all treated very well. Tens of thousands of them. They all know this.

If you can think of a reason why unarmed civilians facing down an approaching column of M1A1 tanks would do anything other than wave, cheer, and step aside, I think that Iraqi Army needs to rethink their recruiting program.

[spoiler2]

"Armed Iraqi vetrans of a 10 year war with Iran were surrending to our camera crews and UAVs as soon as they could in the last war."

Thank you for your first-hand viewpoint, from that conflict.

Godspeed to you all, as we confront the bullies again!

[redheadtoo]

Perhaps we should all e-mail our favorite Hollywood liberal and let them know of this wonderful opportunity to volunteer for peace.

[maxwellp]

I sent an e-mail to our military! Thanks for the link.