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'IRAQ USING HUMAN SHIELDS'
Headline news from Sky News - Witness the event ^ | 3/25/03

Posted on 03/25/2003 7:41:25 PM PST by jrushing

Iraqi paramilitaries are using civilians as human shields, Sky News has learnt.

Militiamen facing besieging British troops outside Basra are forcing locals to march in front of them as they fire on soldiers, UK forces claim.

(Excerpt) Read more at sky.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: basra; battleforbaghdad; genevaconvention; humanshields; illegaltactics; innocenthumanshields; warcrime; warcrimes
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Where are the "REAL" human shields when you need them?
1 posted on 03/25/2003 7:41:25 PM PST by jrushing
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To: jrushing
Cowards.

Maybe they really don't believe in Allah.
2 posted on 03/25/2003 7:42:38 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: jrushing
I wonder if we used some knock-out gas on the masses of advancing enemies/civilians, if we'd then get assailed by the left for using chemical weapons...
3 posted on 03/25/2003 7:43:48 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("There are worse things than crucifixion...There are teeth.")
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To: jrushing
WHERE ARE THE PICTURES? This is the stuff that will shut up the fence sitters.
4 posted on 03/25/2003 7:44:02 PM PST by longtermmemmory
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To: longtermmemmory
WHERE ARE THE PICTURES? This is the stuff that will shut up the fence sitters.

Im certain you were just kidding, right? Right? Tell me you were...

6 posted on 03/25/2003 7:45:54 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks (Beware of Disinformation and propaganda)
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To: jrushing
No sh*t....

The socialist shields went running off in the night!
7 posted on 03/25/2003 7:45:54 PM PST by Teetop (democrats....... socialist.........whats the difference?)
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To: jrushing
This is beyond disgusting.
8 posted on 03/25/2003 7:46:03 PM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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To: jrushing
Cowardly baseturds. It's a pity we don't have high-power water hoses to break up the crowd, before knocking off the guys with guns.
9 posted on 03/25/2003 7:46:04 PM PST by expatpat
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To: RandallFlagg
I wonder if we used some knock-out gas on the masses of advancing enemies/civilians, if we'd then get assailed by the left for using chemical weapons...

If and when the first gas/bio canisters are released in this war, it will be "a whole new ballgame."

10 posted on 03/25/2003 7:46:47 PM PST by unspun ("Well I'm proud to be a FReeper, where at least I know I'm an American; and I won't forget....")
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To: jrushing
This is the kind of stuff we need to get on tape so it can be played over and over again for everyone to see.
11 posted on 03/25/2003 7:46:49 PM PST by Route66 (America's Mainstreet)
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To: jrushing
Militiamen facing besieging British troops outside Basra are forcing locals to march in front of them as they fire on soldiers, UK forces claim.

And the problem with that is...?

If thats all it takes to keep the Brits and the USA from fighting back, we ought to leave now.

I suspect that the old "hide behind the civilian" trick is about to become extremely ineffective.

Just how many Iraqi civilians are worth the life of one coalition soldier?.

I start the bidding at 25,000.

12 posted on 03/25/2003 7:48:11 PM PST by Rome2000
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I am shocked! Brave Iraqi warriors hiding behind women and old men?! How is this possible?????
13 posted on 03/25/2003 7:49:20 PM PST by Peacerose
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To: Chad Fairbanks
no I was not. The image of Saddam's faithful cowering behind a woman in order to get a good shot would be a valuble tool.
14 posted on 03/25/2003 7:50:24 PM PST by longtermmemmory
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To: Rome2000
Just how many Iraqi civilians are worth the life of one coalition soldier?.

I start the bidding at 25,000.

That is one of the most racist remarks I've read on FreeRepublic. You should be ashamed.

15 posted on 03/25/2003 7:51:59 PM PST by FatherOfLiberty
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To: Route66
Gingrich said tonight the coalition ought to go to the UN, Al Jazeera and the French and have them beseech the Iraqis to evacuate all civilians from Baghdad and other target areas within 3 days.

If the civilians are still there after that, its not going to be our fault.

16 posted on 03/25/2003 7:52:12 PM PST by Rome2000
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Re #1

Probably at the basement of hotels in Baghdad, hobnobbing with foreign journalists.

17 posted on 03/25/2003 7:53:20 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Rome2000
Gun blazing Freerepublic bad-asses are wonderful!

Screw the Iraqi people!

Turn Baghdad to a glass parking lot!

Who cares if innocents die, it's their own f***ing fault for being born there!

Hell! Why don't we just nuke everyone! We have enough missiles to go around!

After all, Freerepublic bad-asses won't let a little radiation slow us down in our march towards complete domination.

Or maybe, just maybe, we can show why America is the most powerful nation on the planet. Not because of our technology or military might, but because of our sense of right and wrong. Because we believe that innocent life should be spared and oppressed people should live in freedom.

No, we should not blame ourselves for civilian casualities, but I am sickened when I read of people wanting civilian casualities.

18 posted on 03/25/2003 7:55:15 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: jrushing
'IRAQ USING HUMAN SHIELDS'

Iraqi paramilitaries are using civilians as human shields, Sky News has learnt.

Militiamen facing besieging British troops outside Basra are forcing locals to march in front of them as they fire on soldiers, UK forces claim.

Up to 1,000 Iraqi irregulars are thought to be in Basra standing firm against the British troops now responsible for fighting in southern Iraq.

Emma Hurd, who is at the UK forces' base in northern Iraq, was told British troops were struggling to break the stand-off because of the tactic.

"Irregular forces are using civilians as human shields," she said.

"Men with guns advance out of the city with civilians in front of them towards the British forces.

"These civilians are being forced into this."

The men are firing on the troops and they are unable to return fire.

"The stand-off continues."

Pockets of resistance are continuing in the southern Iraqi city, which is home to some 1m people.

But British commanders insist UK forces are not about to go in and take out the paramilitaries.

Meanwhile, British forces have destroyed up to seven Iraqi tanks on the edge of Basra.

Captain Alan Massey, of the flagship aircraft carrier Ark Royal, said British light tanks, helped by small helicopter gunships and surveillance helicopters, had been battling a breakout by up to 50 Iraqi tanks.

They were trying to press southwards from the edge of the city, he said.

British forces have surrounded Basra and secured its airport.

19 posted on 03/25/2003 7:55:58 PM PST by blam
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To: FatherOfLiberty
That is one of the most racist remarks I've read on FreeRepublic. You should be ashamed.

Not one American family ought to lose their son or daughter because the Iraqi that killed them wasn't bombed because he was illegally hiding behind civilians.

Theres nothing racist about that.

20 posted on 03/25/2003 7:57:10 PM PST by Rome2000
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