‘Human shields’ to leave for Baghdad

Star Publications (Malaysia) ^ | Friday, January 24, 2003

[jedi150]

‘Human shields’ to leave for Baghdad

LONDON: Some 50 people opposed to a war in Iraq plan to leave for Baghdad tomorrow in a double-decker bus to act as “human shields” in the country, organizers said Wednesday.

At a Downing Street demonstration the previous day, the protestors, mostly British and US citizens, left a list of sites where they plan to install themselves in the hope of averting a military strike on Baghdad.

“We have given Tony Blair a list of names of the people who will be going and the locations where we will be deployed,” said Ken O'Keefe, a former US Marine and Gulf War veteran, and an organizer.

“Officially, it is now known that Tony Blair has been notified that UK and US citizens are going to be in harm's way and will be killed by our own governments if they go ahead with this war, as they appear determined to do,” said O'Keefe, who renounced his US citizenship in protest of US foreign policy. – AFP

[jedi150]

Hummmmm, looks like the 10,000 goal is a wee bit shy!

[dirtboy]

Hummmmm, looks like the 10,000 goal is a wee bit shy!

Too bad we can't lock into their cell phones or give them all GPS transmitters. Think of all the money we'd save on targeting operations...

[dirtboy]

LONDON: Some 50 people opposed to a war in Iraq plan to leave for Baghdad tomorrow in a double-decker bus

I guess their goal is to get there by the time the conflict is over.

[The Vast Right Wing]

Hasta La Vista senior O'Keefe.

[Naplm]

Lets hope the next round of Human Sheilds originates from the Hollywood airport.

[EGPWS]

They had better hurry! They may miss their chance.

[jedi150]

Looks like there is not a whole lot of support behind this lunitic.

Oh well, it will save issuing 9950 additional Darwin awards.

[wjcsux]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[HELLRAISER II]

I saw this Okeefe guy on Fox & Friends earlier in the week and he was one angry strange S.O.B.

[smaug6]

My thoughts exactly. Unfortunately, they probably won't ever arrive.

[redbaiter]

“We have given Tony Blair a list of names of the people who will be going and the locations where we will be deployed destroyed,”

Where were these people when Iraq needed shielding from Saddam?

[Catspaw]

said O'Keefe, who renounced his US citizenship in protest of US foreign policy

He understands that once one renounces US citizenship, it's really really hard to get back....

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Hey, before you go! Mind if I purchase a life insurance policy for ya' all, with me the beneficiary? Act of war? No, a terrorist extermination exercise.

[samtheman]

The "list of sites" should go straight to the top of any US target list.

[solo gringo]

I thought tis batch of idiots had already gone.President Bush give them about a week to get there before we start the bomb-bing.

[BlueLancer]

4th Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Part 3, Article 1, Section 28:
"The presence of a protected person (aka civilian noncombatant) may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations."

[Lee Heggy]

Hmmm...I guess the lesson of the Children's Crusade didn't stick.

They will be finished when their bus gets stuck under an overpass and they have to abandon it and start walking through Transylvania where a good pair of shoes will buy you a woman.

[Jambe]

My suggestion is to start a flood of unconfirmed news reports that state the CIA (and other U.S. friendly intel agency's) has been able to infiltrate these groups with their own people. CIA intends to use these groups as cover to get people "on the ground" inside Iraq.

That should "knock the wheel off their bus"!

Let's start posting our unconfirmed reports now!

[areafiftyone]

Looked like something out of HellRaiser (no offence to your handle! - I mean the movie)! Renounced his U.S. Citizenship so he can now rest in pieces!

[RoseofTexas]

OMG!!! THAT'S FUNNY, STILL LOL!!! DAMN HIPPIES, CAN'T EVEN AFFORD A PLANE TICKET!! LOL!!