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Stranded human shields buses seek fare home (ROTFLOL!!!)
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| 3-5-03
Posted on 03/05/2003 1:41:24 PM PST by Jimmyclyde
Stranded human shields buses seek fare home
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two red double decker buses and a white London taxi that ferried anti-war activists to Baghdad to serve as "human shields" are stranded in Beirut with their owner short the 3,400 pounds it costs to ship them home. The buses and taxi, dusty after a six-week overland journey that began at London's Tower Bridge, were plastered with signs saying "No to a war on Iraq" and "No to war, Yes to peace".
"The buses have to be shipped back. It's just not practical to drive them...I am not even really sure how much money I've got, but I'm sure it's not enough," said owner Joe Letts, adding that he would fly to London on Thursday to try to raise cash.
"I thought I would let people know it's a problem," he added, sitting in a makeshift kitchen on his bus in central Beirut.
Letts said he left London with 45 human shields of 10-12 nationalities, and picked up a dozen or so more in Turkey before arriving in Baghdad, where he spent a week sleeping in a power station hoping to prevent a possible U.S.-led attack.
"We were taken to see some of the installations that the Iraqis thought were suitable for protection," he said, adding that he had feared a bombing campaign could start at any time.
"We painted a huge sign on the roof saying human shields, so when any planes bombed the target, they'd see they were killing us -- Englishmen and Finns and Turks".
Some 50 other Swedish anti-war human shield activists who had travelled to Iraq began to leave on Monday, saying they had wanted to protect hospitals and schools but had been forced out to refineries, power plants and water works.
Letts said about 200 human shields, including many who travelled on his bus, remained in Baghdad when he left. But he said that although he stayed on as a shield for a week, he had no intention of staying in Baghdad for the duration of a war.
"I own these buses and they are my livelihood and my family's livelihood. And all along I was there really to take the people down and then come back," he said.
When he left London, he thought he had enough money to pay to ship the buses home, but ended up spending his personal finances to help pay for the trip.
"I had promised my wife I would get the buses home," he said. "If I don't get them home, we're absolutely stuck."
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2stupid2live; biohazards; brocanyouspareadime; humanshields; saddamszeros; shills4saddam; stuckinberuit; targets; theycame; theyfled; theysaw; usefulidiots
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Some 50 other Swedish anti-war human shield activists who had travelled to Iraq began to leave on Monday, saying they had wanted to protect hospitals and schools but had been forced out to refineries, power plants and water works. This says it all.
Where did they think they were going?
To: Jimmyclyde
I swear, if those morons keep it up, I'm gonna die from laughing so much.
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:14:57 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered....)
To: Jimmyclyde
The idiots have been memorialized in song --
LODI
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:15:00 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Bill and Hillary's first instinct is survival.....their second is to lie.)
To: Jimmyclyde
Idiots. How were they gonna get home without any money anyway?
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:15:15 PM PST
by
blam
To: Jimmyclyde
To: blam
But he said that although he stayed on as a shield for a week, he had no intention of staying in Baghdad for the duration of a war. "I own these buses and they are my livelihood and my family's livelihood. And all along I was there really to take the people down and then come back," he said Yes, they sound really committed to the anti-war effort as long as they are not too inconvienced.
To: blam
I think in a weird sort of way they thought they would be able to either stop the bombing or die a martyr's death. I guess the prozac ran out too soon.
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:19:49 PM PST
by
swheats
To: Jimmyclyde
"I own these buses and they are my livelihood and my family's livelihood. And all along I was there really to take the people down and then come back," he said. LOL!!!
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:20:20 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(nuke the vegan tree-hugging gay whale ACTORS for jesus)
To: Jimmyclyde
"We painted a huge sign on the roof saying human shields" Makes target practice easy.
To: JoJo Gunn
This is a soap opera where I tune in and see what nutty thing the "shields" are up to today. It should have been a reality TV show.
To: Jimmyclyde
HUMAN SHIELD=JUST SHOOT ME
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:22:38 PM PST
by
PhilDragoo
(Hitlery: das Butch von Buchenvald)
To: motherof 3
"I'm a Human Shield, Get Me Out of Here"
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:23:09 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Jimmyclyde
![A red London bus carrying anti-war campaigners who aim to act as human shields in Baghdad drives past Istanbul's Suleyman the Magnificent Mosque as they set out for Baghdad February 10, 2003. Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis said on Monday disputes in NATO over preparations to defend Turkey against Iraqi attack in event of a war were more a matter of timing than essence and could be overcome. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas](http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030210/i/1044892330.3087138891.jpg) |
Mon Feb 10, 4:22 AM ET |
To: Jimmyclyde
So now, Mr. Letts is going to leave his buses in Beirut and fly to London to beg for money to drive them back to England. This guy is as dumb as a bag of rocks. Beirut....probably the most anarchic city in the world (even more than Amsterdam) ruled by....nobody, and more or less controlled by the Syrian army and a loose bunch of local militia groups who probably don't make any money at all, except for what they can steal or bully out of the local economy, such as it is....how long do you think these buses will stay intact? About ten minutes after he gets on the plane, these vehicles will have been stripped. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:23:37 PM PST
by
45Auto
(And socialism is a disease.)
Comment #15 Removed by Moderator
To: Jimmyclyde
And I was so counting on seeing some Darwinism in action. Life can be such a disappointment at times. < sigh>
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:25:32 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(This Space Intentionally Blank)
To: 45Auto
Oh, those whacky Human Shields! Let's hope they decide to go ride the buses in Haifa.
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:25:55 PM PST
by
annyokie
(pale, rested and ready)
To: Jimmyclyde
"I own these buses and they are my livelihood and my family's livelihood. And all along I was there really to take the people down and then come back," he said. i am laughing out loud !!!
you silly twit !!!
i'll just bet it sucks to be you !!!
O M G... somebody stop me... i can't breathe.
oh hoh hoh hoh hoh..... oh, Good Lord !
BWAHAHAHAHAAA
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:26:04 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(shoot fast. shoot straight. shoot safe. practice. carry. molon labe)
To: Jimmyclyde
...Help a poor human shield get home to his Mum, would you please, kind sir??
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:26:30 PM PST
by
veronica
To: Jimmyclyde
I don't know how these people wipe their own butt. You simply can't make up how uttterly idiotic these loons are. No one would believe you. There's enough comedic material here for a whole year of late-night monolouges and a couple of movies. How about
THE HUMAN PANTY SHIELDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE and
FROM BAGHDAD TO BEIRUT: RIDING THE BULLSEYE BUS So now here they sit in Beirut. Wouldn't it be ironic if they got boarded and blown to bits by a Palestinian suicide bomber who thought it was a Jewish tour bus? I hate to sound harsh, but wouldn't that be fitting? They'd be saving the lives of innocent Israelis, and giving their lives for a legitimate cause.
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posted on
03/05/2003 3:26:51 PM PST
by
GLDNGUN
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