Human Shields, No Resume Needed

NYT | 2-20-03 | Neil MacFarquhar

[at bay]

Cannon fodder by any other name. Too bad their organs can't be harvested first so they would actually do some good before they blow themselves up.

[Izzy Dunne]

Organizers brashly predict that the numbers will catapult to the thousands

As Sir Isacc Newton once said:
"What goes up, must come down."

[Destructor]

I hope these "human shields" have their affairs in order.

[Izzy Dunne]

"I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position," said a young Australian

Brain cells.
Magnificent things.
Everybody should have some.

[angkor]

"That is ridiculous," said Ken Nichols O'Keefe, a 33-year-old gulf war Marine veteran who initiated the idea. "They are not using me. I am here voluntarily. What is Saddam Hussein supposed to say? `No, they can't do it'? "

That would be treason, except that O'Keefe has already renounced his U.S. citizenship.

Earlier this month, Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said the foreign volunteers were welcome. "They should come and set themselves up around places that we need to survive, to aid civil defense," he said.

And that is a very clear violation of the Geneva Convention.

[glockmeister40]

These human shields will dirty their diapers and quietly scurry away when the first bomb hits. I can't see the problem if some of them get killed - fewer parasites coming back to us.

[Kawolski]

One American peace advocate recalled a typical march where the Westerners were chanting antiwar slogans and were suddenly joined by dozens of Iraqis hoisting pictures of Mr. Hussein. "It changed the spirit of the march," said a recent college graduate who is one of the volunteers. "That wasn't what we expected."

I wonder if "changing the spirit" is code for "revealed our true intentions"?

[rickmichaels]

"I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position," said a young Australian who said he had decided to leave.

What can I say? Leaves me speechless.

[Smile-n-Win]

These human shields will dirty their diapers and quietly scurry away when the first bomb hits.

Except the Iraqis won't let them leave!

[UCFRoadWarrior]

"Others have become aware of the sinister side of what some say they naïvely interpreted as a kind of extraordinary war protest. "I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position," said a young Australian who said he had decided to leave. " (excerpt from article)

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No kidding, Einstein! Duhhhhh. What did you think you were going over there for.....to make burqa's?

I shouldnt be too hard on the kid.....most of his fellow Saddam Suckups havent caught on yet

[geege]

I couldn't care less if they all got blow away......oh well.....next

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Glock......I think you are absolutely right. When those bombs start bursting...they will high-tail it out of there. They are pro-Saddam Peaceniks....and the Peacenik-part will take over quickly

[aBootes]

The number of human shields remain fluid....

They run in, they run back out...

This article is priceless. Nothing like a brush with the real 3rd world to focus the heretofore unused mental processes.

[RayChuang88]

Looks like we're going to have lots of recipients of the Darwin Award very soon.

[GirlShortstop]

Others have become aware of the sinister side of what some say they naïvely interpreted as a kind of extraordinary war protest.   "I think the Iraqi government is potentially putting us in a dangerous position," said a young Australian who said he had decided to leave.

Airfare to Europe:  $400.00
Busfare and lodging to get to Iraq:  $500.00

Realizing you're an idiot who's so very screwed once you get there:  PRICELESS!!!

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

"They are not using me. I am here voluntarily. What is Saddam Hussein supposed to say? `No, they can't do it'? "

Yeah! When has Saddam Hussein ever denied anyone the right of free expression? Get real!

[Fixit]

Sign up today and win one of these spiffy shirts.

[glock rocks]

let's organize a drive to send them marshmallows!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Airfare to Europe: $400.00
Busfare and lodging to get to Iraq: $500.00
Realizing you're an idiot who's so very screwed once you get there: PRICELESS!!!"

LOL!!!!!!

[par4]

Do these idiots really think that Saddam will allow them to be stationed in sensitive areas like power plants? Really now, what's to prevent some US Special Forces personnel from "volunteering" as human shields and then sabotaging the site that they're shielding? That's the way I would think if I was in charge of where the Iraqi's are allowing them to go.