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Iraq 'Human Shield' Challenges Fines
Yahoo ^
| 05/27/05
| AP Staff
Posted on 05/27/2005 1:34:28 PM PDT by jdsteel
MILWAUKEE - A peace activist who went to Iraq to serve as a "human shield" against the U.S. invasion is challenging $8,000 in federal fines. Ryan Clancy, 28, filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department in federal court Thursday.
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The department alleges Clancy went to Iraq in violation of sanctions and offered his services to the Iraqi government to shield its facilities from possible military action.
Clancy was in Iraq from Jan. 28, 2003, to March 7, 2003, according the lawsuit. The United States attacked Iraq on March 19, 2003.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiamericanism; humanshield; iraq; iraqwar; notapeacemovement; ryanclancy; saddamite; traitor; treason
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I think he left just a couple of weeks too soon....
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:34:28 PM PDT
by
jdsteel
To: jdsteel
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:36:19 PM PDT
by
NoClones
To: jdsteel
What's he doing back in the States? Was he afraid of being kidnapped and beheaded? Too bad the military couldn't find a way to keep him in Iraq.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:36:24 PM PDT
by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
To: jdsteel
He should have been charged with Treason and placed in front of the firing squad.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:36:46 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: lilylangtree
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I am my own alter ego...)
To: jdsteel
I'm an agreeable person.
If this guy doesn't think he should pay $8000 in fines, then he shouldn't.
Instead, he can work off the fines at a federal penitentiary at a rate of $3.00 per hour! BTW, he's limited to only 20-25 hours of work per week.
See, I told you. I'm an agreeable person! I'm all about compromise!
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:37:23 PM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: jdsteel
That's treason. All they did is fine him! \
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:37:47 PM PDT
by
LauraleeBraswell
(I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens!)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Why doesn't anyone take treason serriously anymore!
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:38:13 PM PDT
by
LauraleeBraswell
(I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens!)
To: jdsteel
I dunno, when you think about it Didnt Jesse Jackson go to Cuba without permission? When does he pay his fine.. A sfar as I am concerned the fine should be ten times what it is , but why be selective in who pays.
To: lilylangtree
This guy seems to like Iraq a great deal.
The govt should be willing to train him in doing social services in Ramadi or Fallujah.
To: jdsteel
Maybe we should forget about the fines, and just send him back to Iraq to be a human shield again. Of course, there are risks...
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:39:17 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
To: LauraleeBraswell
"Why doesn't anyone take treason serriously anymore!"
Because people scream treason every time someone runs a stop sign.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:40:55 PM PDT
by
NJ_gent
(Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
To: LauraleeBraswell
"Why doesn't anyone take treason serriously anymore!" You can commit treason and be a Senator these days. I guess the Constitution means nothing any more.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:41:56 PM PDT
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
Go back to Iraq. The Iraqis need human shields more than ever.
Glad to see the ACLU getting involved.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:43:36 PM PDT
by
oolatec
To: jdsteel
Funny that none of the human shields volunteered to shield the polling places back in January.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:44:18 PM PDT
by
PMCarey
To: jdsteel
Loser-- Why'd you come back???
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:45:29 PM PDT
by
agooga
(et tu, McCain?)
To: jdsteel
He should be hung as a traitor and a war criminal, not fined.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:45:52 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government)
To: LauraleeBraswell
Treason is described in the Constitution. People don't take the Constitution seriously anymore.
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posted on
05/27/2005 1:46:46 PM PDT
by
weegee
("Do you want them to write a piece about how great the military is?" Elizabeth Bumiller - NY Times)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I second the motion. Why aren't these twerps charged with treason and made an example of?
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