Anti-war 'shields' in Iraq go home

Washington Times ^ | 3/02/03 | Philip Sherwell, LONDON SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

[kattracks]

BAGHDAD

[Russell Scott]

"We've come here as shields to defend sites, and now the Iraqis are asking us to make our choice."

Do you want to die sooner rather than later?

[AmerRepb]

slipped quietly out of Baghdad on the long journey back to Britain, carrying most of the 11 protesters with them.

When the going gets tough;the shields get going :)

[F16Fighter]

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...

Most uncordial hosts, these Iraqis...

Did the 'shields' expect to be housed in one of Uncle Saddam's underground bunkers??

[The KG9 Kid]

Imagine this sequence of events:

1. Saddam refuses to allow the human shields to leave Iraq, and they become involuntary human shields.

2. The United States prepares to launch the war to rescue the involuntary human shields.

3. The NO WAR people accuse the human shields of being CIA plants.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Cowards. But what would you expect from a group that uses the track of the American chicken as their "peace" symbol? ;-)

[Squantos]

LOL...The christmas help of human shields........Stay Safe !

[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.

[Steven W.]

I hope there were some CIA plants amongst the "shields" ... we aren't interested in bombing anything that was on the shields' list of sites but the list the Iraqi's have of places they wanted to put them, now that sounds like a good source of potential targets.

[Dataman]

[L`enn]

This story has it all! Humor, expose of liberal's true cowardice, expose of the how Iraq really works. This is a GEM!!!!

[wretchard]

However, he is willing to put his life down for what he believes in. That is quite a difference from the cowards of our American Left.

Aye aye captain. Bashir may be the enemy, but he's a man.

[L`enn]

Just reading your post, something just came to me. One, CNN will shelve it, precisely. Two, that may be a clue why CNN is bleeding profusely on their balance sheet. They play the anti-war card, yet a War will boost their ratings. Go figure.

[Kudsman]

You folks are killing me here. I look away for 10-15 minutes to try and focus in on something serious. I check back and your absolutely killing me. By the way #3 looks an awful lot like Cartman in a chicken suit. I smell a new S.Park episode in the making! :-)

[Drammach]

Every one of these traitors should be arrested upon arrival in their home countries, stripped of their citizenship, and deported.
To Iraq.

[Kudsman]

Wow how do you really feel about it?

[k2blader]

"It's only fair," said Uzma Bashir, 32, a British college teacher who is one of the team leaders. "We've come here as shields to defend sites, and now the Iraqis are asking us to make our choice."

Yes, it's only fair that you "shields" die due to your own foolish choice to "protect" a murderous dictator.

[Cold Heat]

yet a War will boost their ratings

Correction, war used to boost their ratings.That is how they started, but now they think they are a mainstream news organization like the NYT. They act precicely the same way. Anti republican, pro-progressive BS!

[Consort]

They thought they might become martyrs. Then they figured that they would become collateral damage, at best. Then they realized that they would merely be reduced to organic debris.

[Dataman]

[Kudsman]

Thank you may we have another please?