I was a Human Shield

sf.indymedia.org ^ | 3-25-03 | Daniel Pepper

[gracie1]

I've heard this story on radio today, but I was suprised to find it on indymedia. They did have it in the hidden post section, though. That's where they put posts that have a thread of reality to them. More people should be made aware of how the Iraqi really feel about Sadaam.

[Happygal]

Already posted..and already printed in the London Daily Telegraph two days ago.

[Illbay]

Bill O'Reilly needs to have this guy on his program to tell his story.

[Vigilanteman]

. . . but well worth repeating. I missed it the first go-round.

[beckett]

I once tried a similar posting (i.e., one which buttressed a particular conservative point of view under discussion at the time) from indymedia and FR denied it with a message stating that indymedia was not allowed on this site. I am amazed this post made it through.

[timydnuc]

And the truth will make you free!

[Happygal]

Absolutely well worth repeating...it's been copied and pasted and forwarded to half the news media across the globe at this stage. No wonder indymedia ended up with it.

[doug from upland]

Too bad the guy isn't a doctor.

DR. PEPPER IS PRO WAR

[=Intervention=]

Do you have a link? Or could someone fix the link to this story in indymedia? The folks at work need to hear this. Badly.

[GLDNGUN]

Jaw-dropping. I went to the Indy Website to see it for myself. I couldn't find it, and the link doesn't work. After some more searching, cutting and pasting of addresses, I found it at:

http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/1590685/php

At the top of the page it says:

The following post has status hidden:

Gee, wonder why???

[dighton]

What we want is, "I Was a Teenage Human Shield."

;-)

[ApesForEvolution]

And the truth shall set you free...

[Grim]

Too bad the guy isn't a doctor.
DR. PEPPER IS PRO WAR

Or a sergeant.

[gracie1]

Yeah, I thought about that after I hit the post button, but figured what the heck, it's a story that needs to be heard.

[The Chief]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/03/23/do2305.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/03/23/ixop.html

[JoJo Gunn]

Anarchists don't like rabble rousers from the outside.

Makes perfect sense to me.

[George W. Bush]

Didn't O'Reilly describe this a few days back? I heard it somewhere and only watch Fox but I think it was him.

But I think he was talking about another human shield that was saying the same things.

At any rate, I think people should see this. It's just so difficult for most of us to imagine actually living our lives under such a regime. The sad part was how the taxi driver assumed that Saddam was paying a Jew to come protest in Baghdad. How horrible it must be to live under Saddam, always in fear, always expecting something horrible to happen to you.

[xm177e2]

From the Indymedia site: "The following post has status hidden:"

Does that mean they're actively censoring their boards, or are they just cleaning up duplicate threads?

[gracie1]

It's both. Technically they have hidden posts for duplicates and spam. But more and more posts that attempt to call it like it is have been ending up in hidden posts.

[general_re]

I was a Human Shield