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Western ‘human shields’ head for Iraq this weekend
Star Publications (Malaysia) ^
| 2003/1/22
Posted on 01/22/2003 5:21:16 AM PST by jedi150
Western human shields head for Iraq this weekend
LONDON: A first wave of mainly Western volunteers will leave here at the weekend on a convoy bound for Iraq to act as human shields at key sites and populous areas in case of a US-led war on Baghdad.
The potential for white Western body parts flying around with the Iraqi ones should make them think again about this imperialist oil war, organiser Ken Nichols, a former US marine in the 1991 Gulf War, said.
His We the People organisation will be sending off a first group of 50 human shields from the mayor's City Hall building here on Saturday, part of a series of departures organisers say will involve hundreds, possibly thousands, of volunteers.
Nichols' planned human shield convoys is one of several such efforts around the world to mobilise activists in Iraq as a deterrent against military strikes on Baghdad.
We are on the verge of something big, said volunteer Christiaan Briggs, 26, from New Zealand. He argued that the stream of human shield volunteers was symptomatic of radicalising anti-war opinion around the world.
People know this is wrong. It is just so blatantly transparent how the US is trying to impose its hegemony.
We the People organisers said the self-financing human shield volunteers had come forward from US, Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Denmark and Turkey.
The major rallying point for Muslims, however, is in Jordan. There, a campaign led by leftist parties and civic bodies is seeking 100,000 shield volunteers.
Baghdad has welcomed the plans. But volunteers smart at suggestions that means they are handing a propaganda gift to Saddam.Reuters
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This is a call for a MASSIVE possible Darwin alert!
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:21:16 AM PST
by
jedi150
To: jedi150
Look, we can't do anything to them for exercising their free speach. I sure hope some errant missile doesn't hurt any of them. Chuckle...
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:23:01 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(There are none so blind, as the Democrat who thinks they have attained all knowing.)
To: jedi150
make them think again about this imperialist oil war Darwin alert in more ways than one.
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:23:08 AM PST
by
Puppage
To: jedi150
They call it a "protest" with "human shields" -- I call it a TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT!!!
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:23:35 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: jedi150
This story seems to be similar in vein to that
other thread yesterday regarding germ seekers or
germ persuers, or whatever...
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:24:12 AM PST
by
C210N
To: jedi150
Organ donors, huh?
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:24:26 AM PST
by
oyez
(Is this a great country...........Or what?)
To: All
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:24:28 AM PST
by
Support Free Republic
(Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
To: jedi150
If we could only persuade Sean Penn, Jane Fonda, President Martin Sheen and the rest of the Hollywood know-it-alls to back up their rhetoric with some real action...
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:25:16 AM PST
by
metesky
(Why kick somebody when they're still standing and can kick back?)
To: jedi150
Hold muh beer and watch this Norma Jean!.....
If we're lucky, all the US liberals will follow their lead and chain themselves to primary targets....
Visulize a world without liberals......Aahhhhhh....
NeverGore
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:25:23 AM PST
by
nevergore
To: DoughtyOne
Some of our smart weapons can hit the bldg these morons are "shielding" and not hit a single human shield. By these boobs becoming human shields for sadamm, they are legitimizing and defending his reign of terror.
To: jedi150
People know this is wrong. It is just so blatantly transparent how the US is trying to impose its hegemony, said volunteer Christiaan Briggs, 26, from New Zealand.
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I got twenty bucks that says Christiaan doesn't know what "hegemony" means. |
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:25:55 AM PST
by
Fintan
(It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...)
To: jedi150
Darwin alert in more ways than one: Wait 'til they find out their insurance won't pay for death or injury caused by acts of war :)
To: metesky
If we could only persuade Sean Penn, Jane Fonda, President Martin Sheen and the rest of the Hollywood know-it-alls to back up their rhetoric with some real action... And join these Darwin candidates!
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:30:18 AM PST
by
jedi150
To: jedi150
Those cowards will be running for the airports the first time the air raid sirens go off. If those wimps wont stand up and fight for this country, they certainly aren't going to fight for Saddam. Professional protestors is all they are and I despise them all
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:30:34 AM PST
by
MJY1288
(RERUN'S ARE BAD!!!!!)
To: jedi150
The major rallying point for Muslims, however, is in Jordan. There, a campaign led by leftist parties and civic bodies is seeking 100,000 shield volunteers. Suicide bomber wannabees?
"Hold muh peace sign an' watch this!"
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:31:15 AM PST
by
Alouette
To: cardinal4
I would think this activity in the face of pending war would constitute serious prosecutable offenses.
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:32:10 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(There are none so blind, as the Democrat who thinks they have attained all knowing.)
To: jedi150
We are on the verge of something big, said volunteer Christiaan Briggs You sure are, mate.. but I don't think you're gonna like it.
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:32:51 AM PST
by
humblegunner
(Do not remove tag under penalty of Law)
To: Fintan; Poohbah; Miss Marple; Howlin; section9; Dog; Dog Gone; Luis Gonzalez; JohnHuang2; mhking; ..
Furthermore, how the heck would an American hegemony be a bad thing?
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:46:27 AM PST
by
hchutch
("Last suckers crossed, Syndicate shot'em up" - Ice-T, "I'm Your Pusher")
To: DoughtyOne
I havent heard of any Americans going, but I read where a 100 communists from the Romanian Communist Party are taking double decker busses across eastern Europe and the Middle East to become Human Shields in Iraq. As if we didnt have enough targets!
To: Fintan
I got twenty bucks that says Christiaan doesn't know what "hegemony" means. I'll raise you twenty that he cannot spell it either.
jriemer
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posted on
01/22/2003 5:48:09 AM PST
by
jriemer
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