[jedi150]

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

[Lee Heggy]

Unaffiliated militia guard at border to Ken O Keef---

"BADGES! BADGES! WE DON"T HAVE TO SHOW YOU NO STINKIN' BADGES!!"

[Rome2000]

Human shield alert!!!!!!!

[colorado tanker]

Ping the evo-crevo devotees. We have evidence that the human race is not, in fact, evolving!

[3catsanadog]

I suspect that when these 50 village idiots hear the first bomb explosion, they'll mess their pants then dash post-haste for that double-decker and frantically advise the driver to get the he!! out of Dodge!

[holyscroller]

Hey if they have a list of 50 hot sites that need human shields, they should give that list to ole Hans Blix. He doesn't seem to have a clue about where to start looking.

[HamiltonJay]

Providing Aid and Comfort to an enemy is treason! Want to be a human shield, you are a traitor, and deserve a trators death. Personally I think bombs are too good for these maroons.

[Doomonyou]

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.

What do these fools think they can accomplish with this idiocy? Is one of Saddam's minions going to direct these people to go sit on a radar site in the desert? Or sit on the roof of a military building? Are they going to do it? Five minutes after the bombs start flying, these useless idiots will be vaporized.

[gridlock]

These guys are going to take longer to get to Iraq than it took the Apaches to get to Kosovo.

BTW, those Apaches will be ready to go any day now, and then Milosovic better watch out!

[TSgt]

I hope they have their "affairs" in order…

Will…Power of Attorney…Burial Plot (If there's anything left to bury)

[b4its2late]

Their slogan should be...

Walking into Baghdad erect .... leaving Baghdad a wreck.

[N. Theknow]

Let me get this straight. (No, that is not a Scott Ritter quote.)

50 protestors left England in a double decker bus bound for Iraq to act as human shields.

Just how far is that?
Did they charter the bus or buy it?
Why a bus?
Why not fly to Iraq if they are that dedicated? Can't cost much more than the bus trip and provisions on the trip. Saddam would probably pick up the tickets anyway for the publicity.

Answers.
They are only interested in a symbolic gesture as symbolism speaks louder than words. Especially from the dead mouths of nitwits after the bombing starts.
Covering their ass with using a bus to make a trip that covers several thousand kilometers (or even miles) cause they realize the best place to be when the bombs are dropped is any place where you can say, "WTF was that?"
Why not fly? Hey a long bus trip with folk songs, weed, Blue Nun and Mateus wine and connecting with the wonderful peace loving people along the way, it is like so being one with the earth.
There are definitely different levels of dedication.

[Stultis]

This is very dissapointing. Why only 50?

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

Thanks, Ken, but Saddam's already provided plenty of incentive to go ahead. Wasting pro-fascist lefties is merely icing on the cake.

[marshmallow]

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

It's a re-conditioned 1967 model, complete with the traditional peace symbol painted on one side and a multi-colored rainbow and flowers on the other. The destination window on the front says "Make love, not war" and there is a sound system which continually plays Buffalo Springfield, Grateful Dead and Joan Baez music.

This is what is called a stunt.

Any human who voluntarily risks his life for a butcher like Hussein, is certifiably mad.

[Diana Rose]

It's a shame someone does not charter a plane for them. Sometimes I really wish I were rich.

[JIM O]

"will be killed by our own governments if they go ahead with this war"

Bonus

[j_tull]

This O'Keefe maroon was on a local Seattle talk show yesterday sprewing his tripe. A Ft. Lewis based Army Ranger called in to wish him luck, and urged him to keep his group together, "so we can get you all in one fell swoop."

[smiley]

I HOPE they all have a big red bullseye painted on the front of their shirts...

[pabianice]

Human Shields, otherwise known as Wet Datums...

[Timesink]

They're DRIVING to Baghdad? From LONDON?

I guess they wanted to see the sights one last time before we atomize them all with a single "misplaced" bomb. Oops, collateral damage!

[BaBaStooey]

remind me to add some of these human shields to my dead pool roster, I might just win this thing after all!