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<p>March 7, 2003 -- BAGHDAD, Iraq - Western peaceniks hoping to be "human shields" at Iraqi hospitals and schools have soured on the idea after officials stationed them at power plants.</p> <p>The dispute prompted Iraqi officials yesterday to boot five would-be "shields" from the country.</p>

Granted, there is a certain entertainment value in the merry band of "human shields" now scurrying around the Iraqi countryside, trying to deter the United States from bombing strategic targets by parking directly in the line of fire — it is, after all, the ultimate Jackass stunt. Saying that, however, it's still worth knowing a little something about their leader, a former Marine and Gulf War Veteran named Ken Nichols O'Keefe. In his website's mission statement, which reads like a first draft the Unabomber might have written and discarded as too delusional, O'Keefe declares, "I have announced plans to bring...

London (CNSNews.com) - More than a quarter of the "human shields" who traveled to Baghdad along with a former U.S. Marine have decided to leave because of safety concerns, a spokesman for the Truth Justice Peace Human Shield Action campaign said Monday. John Freeman, the group's U.K. spokesman, said that Iraqi authorities had told the shields to set up camp at power plants, oil refineries and water purification plants, while many volunteers preferred to be placed at schools and hospitals. Around 70 shields out of approximately 200 to 250 in Baghdad have decided to leave, Freeman said. "We've always had...

Here is an excerpt from the latest propaganda at HumanShields.org, updating Ken Nichols O'Keefe's expulsion from Turkey when he attempted to enter with a bogus passport - PRESS RELEASE February 8th 2003 Ken Nichols O'Keefe, founding member of the TJP Human Shield Action, has been refused entry into Turkey and is now being detained in Italy. He may be forced to return to the USA. We recognize that Ken may not reach Iraq as a human shield. Ken envisioned a mass migration to Iraq that would stand in the face of US/UK aggression. The global movement that has grown around...