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Anti-war 'shields' in Iraq go home
Washington Times ^
| 3/02/03
| Philip Sherwell, LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Posted on 03/01/2003 10:31:44 PM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:01:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Binghamton_native
What does this say to the anti-war left that Iraq would even accept "human" shields. An honorable country would say "Thank You for the gesture, but we really mustn't endanger you in this manner.
As long as it's understood by them that the West is led by a blood-thirsty tyrant with no regard for human life. ;)
To: RobFromGa
The opposition, represented by the "virtual shields" are, in comparison, child-like and unserious...It's like Spring Break but it feels so much more serious...to qualify you need small brain, large mouth and no guts. And please don't muss my hair or makeup.Good post! Everything about these leftist protester types reeks of spoiled brattiness. That's the impression I get everytime I see them. The adults are managing the serious business of a war and these people are getting stoned, taking off their clothes, and putting on a puppet show. Or going to Baghdad and doing the Chicken Dance.
To: kattracks
Mr. Meynell, a former high sheriff of Derbyshire,said he was leaving out of "cold fear." He had been summoned, along with 200 other shields from all over the world, to a meeting at a Baghdad hotel yesterday morning. Abdul Hashimi, the head of the Friendship, Peace and Solidarity organization that is officially host to the protesters, told the shields to choose between nine so-called "strategic sites" by today or leave the country.Boy, they get a little taste of what it is like to be an Iraqi citizen (except they have the option to leave the country) and they have a sudden "revelation" and remember that they have something to do under the blanket at their nice cozy homes in free countries. Gutless hypocrites.
To: kattracks; All
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posted on
03/02/2003 6:53:59 AM PST
by
csvset
To: kattracks
They are
f@&%^*g piece of sH&^ts, I hope they come back to eat a smart bomb.
105
posted on
03/02/2003 6:56:50 AM PST
by
oioiman
To: kattracks
This has gotta be the funniest part of the whole article:
Kevin and Helen Williams, a soft-spoken couple from Wales, were baffled by this volte-face: "We always understood that human shield meant a shield of humans and that we would be allowed to work with Iraqi civilians. Why it is being interpreted differently now?"
What was that definition of "is" again?
To: kattracks
So the human shields want to be near civilians while the leader of the "Peace, Friendship, and Solidarity Committee of Iraq" wants them to cover their military sites. How about a compromise? Iraq has a mosque in the middle of a munitions depot, and supposedly worshippers are bussed in five times a day. They can guard the mosque!
To: Yardstick
Or going to Baghdad and doing the Chicken Dance You mean the CHICKENDOVE dance?
108
posted on
03/02/2003 7:19:59 AM PST
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!)
To: kattracks
Many shields had earlier asked to be stationed at sites such as schools, hospitals or orphanages, but Iraqi officials said there was little point in guarding low-risk targets in any aerial assault.
Even the Iraqi officials agree that we aren't the hate-filled, war mongering, kill everyone in sight regime that the war protesters have painted us.
To: Kudsman
Yes, the ChickenDove Dance ;) It's the new sensation in Baghdad.
To: Polybius
Wait until the first bomb drops and see if Bashir is still there.
111
posted on
03/02/2003 7:30:57 AM PST
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
To: kattracks
I love the smell of burning human sheilds in the morning!
112
posted on
03/02/2003 7:36:56 AM PST
by
jetson
To: kattracks
Quaite a demonstration of political and personal conviction wasn't it?
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posted on
03/02/2003 7:43:23 AM PST
by
pfflier
To: Yardstick
CHICKENDOVE=A creature that eats garbage,spreads disease,craps "love", and ultimately gets it's little blooming head cut off. ;-)
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posted on
03/02/2003 8:34:09 AM PST
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!)
To: kattracks
Nine out of the 11 activists decided to pull out after being given an ultimatum by Iraqi officials yesterday to station themselves at targets likely to be bombed in a war or leave the country."You want me to stand where?"
We never saw this coming, did we?
To: John Jorsett
Yeah and were are supposed to be the Automatons they are the "enlightened freethinkers." What a croc!
116
posted on
03/02/2003 8:45:08 AM PST
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!)
To: kattracks
"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday that the deliberate use of human shields..."
Only Germans understand the hidden humor in this:
Rumsfeld translates in German to "Field the goes Kaboom".
To: observer5; kattracks
OMG!, the humor on this thread is priceless. Great job kat.
118
posted on
03/02/2003 8:53:01 AM PST
by
Kudsman
(LETS GET IT ON!)
To: kattracks
Almost all the first British "human shields" to go to Iraq were on their way home yesterday after deciding that their much-heralded task is now too dangerous. Nah. Their Prozak ran out.
Becki
119
posted on
03/02/2003 9:15:14 AM PST
by
Becki
(It's time to bomb Saddam!)
To: RobFromGa
Early leader for "Quote of the day".
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posted on
03/02/2003 9:25:05 AM PST
by
STEAMER
(My dog ate my tagline.)
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