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’Human shields’ catch bus back | ||||||
2003-03-03 | ||||||
Most of the British human shields who traveled to Baghdad in red double-decker buses are returning home before a gunshot has been fired because of "safety fears," organisers say. Many of those returning are concerned for their safety after the Iraqi authorities began dictating which sites they could "protect," said Christiaan Briggs, a co-ordinator for the action group in Baghdad. Briggs told the UK's news agency Press Association: "Now we are being told we cannot go to certain sites, such as hospitals, so we are reassessing our strategy.
"You didn't really expect us to live up to our word, did you?" The two buses, which left Baghdad Saturday, are thought to be heading towards Syria. Abdul al-Hashimi, head of Saddam Hussein's Peace and Solidarity Organization, ordered the volunteers to disperse to nine sites in Baghdad or leave, Britain's broadsheet newspaper, Daily Telegraph reported. Most of the activists thought they would be "shielding" schools or hospitals, but instead found themselves assigned to power stations, oil refineries and water purification plants. "We had been told we would go to humanitarian sites, specifically hospitals," Ken O'Keefe, the former U.S. marine who led the activists, told the newspaper. "But we've now been told that we can't go to those places. The human shields strategy will not work under these circumstances. The level of trust is not present now."
Heh, heh, heh. U.S. officials have said that it is a "war crime" to use civilians as human shields and that there is no way of guaranteeing their safety.
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Posted by:Steve |
#9 we decided there's not enough of us to make a decent fish fry cause of those "other" lying bastages......now that there is a very good chance we could get hurt in our new job as human shields (HEY WE COULD GET SHOT!!!) we quit and want someone to come get us because we are bla bla bla citizens.............got 2 words for ya......eat me.........couldn't resist.....and pretend I'm a big ole ham!!!!!! |
Posted by: Rocky 2003-03-07 02:26:28 |
#8 "Safety fears"????? BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!! |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-03-03 21:57:40 |
#7 You can't top the real-life comedy of the article's first sentence, but I did try. Cheers! |
Posted by: Bill 2003-03-03 21:32:15 |
#6 Thanks Mike! Strangely appropriate at this time, no? |
Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-03 21:18:50 |
#5 Hey, running away is for other countries. Brits don't run away, we "strategically withdraw". See Afghanistan 1842, France 1940, etc. |
Posted by: A 2003-03-03 12:05:12 |
#4 Ptah: Here you go . . . Brave Sir Robin ran away, Bravely ran away, away. When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about And gallantly, he chickened out. Bravely taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat, Bravest of the brave, Sir Robin. |
Posted by: Mike 2003-03-03 11:39:03 |
#3 Somebody cue the soundtrack from "Monty Python's Holy Grail". You know, the one with Sir Robin's Minstrel. Start at the measure that begins with "He very bravely runs away..." |
Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-03 11:01:44 |
#2 Losers. Stupid losers. Stupid BALL-LESS losers. Have a nice trip, assholes. |
Posted by: mojo 2003-03-03 10:04:17 |
#1 we decided there's not enough of us to make a decent fish fry cause of those "other" lying bastages......now that there is a very good chance we could get hurt in our new job as human shields (HEY WE COULD GET SHOT!!!) we quit and want someone to come get us because we are bla bla bla citizens.............got 2 words for ya......eat me.........couldn't resist.....and pretend I'm a big ole ham!!!!!! |
Posted by: Rocky 3/7/2003 2:26:28 AM |