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SANTA BARBARA: An anti-war protester who threw his own blood at the entrance sign at Vandenberg Air Force Base was sentenced to two months in federal prison. Dennis Apel, 52, of Guadalupe, was sentenced Friday in federal court. A probation report had suggested a six-month jail term, saying his conduct "is severely aggravated by current affairs and cannot be tolerated by a civil society." He also was fined $50, which Apel said he would refuse to pay, although failure to do so could carry a one-year jail term. Apel was arrested March 14 after he threw four ounces of his...

Human shield Britons quit Baghdad By Charlotte Edwardes in Baghdad (Filed: 02/03/2003) Almost all of the first British "human shields" to go to Iraq were on their way home last night after deciding that their much-heralded task was now too dangerous. Two red double-decker buses, which symbolised the hopes of anti-war activists when they arrived to a fanfare of publicity a fortnight ago, slipped quietly out of Baghdad on the long journey back to Britain. Nine of the original 11 activists decided to pull out after being given an ultimatum by Iraqi officials to station themselves at targets likely to...