From IslamOnline.net, that's all you need to know.
Iraqi Ambassador in Moscow Abbas Khallaf announced that more than 10,000 Russian citizens have applied for entrance visa into Iraq to act as human shields in the looming U.S.-led military aggression. In statements to the independent Russian website news.ru on Wednesday, February 26, the Iraqi diplomat said applicants spiraled up from 3,500 people in February 21 to more than 10,000 at present. The Russians want to defy the Anglo-American aggression against Iraq, said Abbas, recalling that 3,000 Russians had already arrived in Iraq over the past days. All the travel, stay and return expenses are footed by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. Some Iraqi diplomats said most of the applicants are Christian Orthodox who flock to Iraq not to defend its sovereignty but more importantly to fight the Americans. They expected the Russian human shields to stay in Iraq for three weeks and fly back home by mid-March.
Just before the attack.
On Wednesday, February 26, the Chairman of the Russia Mufti Council announced that thousands of Muslim Russians are ready to head for Baghdad to defend the Iraqi people against the American aggression. Peace activists from around the four corners of the of the universe are coming in droves to Iraq to help defend the innocent Iraqi people from the state-of-the-art Anglo-American weaponry machinery.
"Follow-up reports indicate that the 10,000 Russian human shields are all male, between the ages of 19 - 25, and in unusually good physical condition. They also insist on carrying their own luggage." |