A Canadian man killed when his truck rolled on an Iraqi highway had gone to the country to act as a human shield in the event of war against Saddam Hussein, the peace group that sent him there said yesterday. George Weber, 73, was one of three Canadian and 14 U.S. peace activists who travelled to Baghdad on Boxing Day in an attempt to stave off a war with Iraq by placing themselves in the line of fire. The activists were "prepared to put their bodies in the way," said Doug Pritchard, Canada co-ordinator for the Christian Peacemaker Teams, a...