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I was a naive fool to be a human shield for Saddam (MUST, MUST READ!)
The Sunday Telegraph ^
| March 23, 2003
| Daniel Pepper
Posted on 03/22/2003 7:02:58 PM PST by MadIvan
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To: MadIvan
Thanks Ivan. I needed this to send to a couple of anti-war types that have emailed the usflagballoon site.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:18:31 PM PST
by
abner
(www.usflagballoon.com.)
To: MadIvan
Perhaps the most crushing thing we learned was that most ordinary Iraqis thought Saddam Hussein had paid us to come to protest in Iraq. Reality hits one of Saddam's useful idiots.
Another great article Ivan.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:18:55 PM PST
by
eggman
To: MadIvan
Anyone with half a brain must see that Saddam has to be taken out.
So, an implicit acknowledgement that he had less?
To: MadIvan
Emailed to my communist brother who suffers from the same delusions.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:20:15 PM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: Alylonee
"..for a day."
No, actually about 2 weeks.
To: MadIvan
Thanks for your post, MadIvan....a moving story. Don't know if you've seen this article or not. There's a paragraph (about 3/4 down the page) about the children's prisons in Iraq; Scott Ritter saw them, and it still didn't change his mind about the war against Iraq.
Scott Ritter in His Own Words
You've spoke about having seen the children's prisons in Iraq. Can you describe what you saw there? The prison in question is at the General Security Services headquarters, which was inspected by my team in Jan. 1998. It appeared to be a prison for children toddlers up to pre-adolescents whose only crime was to be the offspring of those who have spoken out politically against the regime of Saddam Hussein. It was a horrific scene. Actually I'm not going to describe what I saw there because what I saw was so horrible that it can be used by those who would want to promote war with Iraq, and right now I'm waging peace.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:21:38 PM PST
by
nicmarlo
To: MadIvan
Well, that's 5 of them, only a couple hundred thousand more to go. Of course, some of them already know, but just don't care.
To: MadIvan
Great post. Too bad this probably won't be picked up in most of the U.S. press.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:22:26 PM PST
by
aimhigh
To: MadIvan
Awesome. Another child grows up a little after being hit upside the head by reality.
Hope he makes it all the way to adulthood.
To: MadIvan
Maturity: when idealism meet reality.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:23:51 PM PST
by
TexasNative2000
(The joy of the Lord is my strength)
To: egarvue; MadIvan
'We never wanted to fight you - only the diehards did'
"We hate Saddam, but we are scared," said one. They begged not to be photographed: "We will be seen giving in."
One man pulled up his shirt sleeve and held up his right hand. Two fingers had been hacked off and his upper arm was criss-crossed with scars.
"This is the price of defiance - of trying to run away," he said, his eyes beseeching. He held up a torn gas mask that had no air canister. "We have one. We draw straws for it. We know if the British and American soldiers leave as they did before, and Saddam survives, he will gas the town." To make sure we understood, he drew his finger swiftly across his throat..."
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:24:04 PM PST
by
EdReform
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To: MadIvan
Superb article, Ivan! Keep 'em coming!
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:24:49 PM PST
by
texson66
(Those who fail to study the past are condemed to repeat it. Those who fail to study the ........)
To: cyncooper
You've got to see this one.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:26:01 PM PST
by
EllaMinnow
(``No Saddam Hussein!'' one young man in headscarf told Gurfein. ``Bush!'')
To: MadIvan
Now, Mr. Pepper, to prove you are sincere in your conversion -- offer to be a speaker at these anti-American rallies, citing as your claim to fame that you are one of the famous Human Shields. THEN tell your story to the thousands out there! MAKE them hear it! they won't trust it from us, let them hear it from one of their own!
But no, that would take way more guts than these guys have. They were probably safer in Iraq (since Saddam saw them as useful idiots) than they would be in front of a huge crowd of 'peaceniks' in the USA.
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:26:33 PM PST
by
Jerez2
To: MadIvan
Maybe it was a good thing these idiot human sheilds went to Iraq after all
Maybe they finally get it
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posted on
03/22/2003 7:27:06 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Patriots Rally for America V: Liberty Weekend in Washington DC Sunday March 23)
To: MadIvan
My understanding changed on intellectual, emotional, psychological levels."
I do not think the writer can claim an intellectual understanding regarding the issue of Saddam Hussain versus the people of Iraq. This juvenile is a few thousand books shy of an intellect, as this self righteous tract underscores.
Why are the "students" always portrayed as the arbiters of right and wrong?
To: MadIvan
It hadn't occurred to anyone that the Iraqis might actually be pro-war. Imagine!
To: MadIvan
bump! and thanks for finding this!
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Well, I guess it's better late than never. Geezus though, how can you be so naive? They live in a bubble. Most are from upper class families and have no clue about how harsh life can be. And they have no idea of what oppression is.
I run into them far too often. Little children in adult bodies. They never learned to think or reason and their teachers have fed them a diet of this pap. They see it on the TV and read it in magazines. So it must be true right?
Or they believe that nothing is true. Either way it is sad. Sadder yet is that they end up getting people killed needlessly.
To: MadIvan
Thanks for posting this, MadIvan. This guy has some redeeming potential. I think perhaps that he has made the transition to the adult world (to which many adults have not transitioned). Can we nominate this guy as an honorary FReeper?
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