[aruanan]

Organisers told the human shields they must each stump up $1,000 before they could enter Iraq. In addition, they would have to leave their mobile phones at the border, cutting off all communication with home, and be subjected to tests for HIV.

You mean we'll have to actually pay for our beliefs and not be feted in Iraq for so very, very bravely standing up to the evil U.S. war machine?

[TomB]

You mean we'll have to actually pay for our beliefs and not be feted in Iraq for so very, very bravely standing up to the evil U.S. war machine?

I hope they make it and I sincerely hope there are cameras rolling when the dust settles after Saddam is gone, when they realize they are standing among long-oppressed people who see them as they are, people who tried to prevent their liberation.

The last recorded utterance before the crowd digs in:

"OOPS!"

They think they are in danger BEFORE the bombs start falling, wait until AFTER.