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2003-02-18 Fifth Column

âHuman Shieldsâ Hold First War Council in Baghdad

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-02-18 10:07 am|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My favorite line was in a story I saw yesterday, where a self-styled "reiki master and spiritual healer" from Portsmouth claimed that the presence of vegans and spiritual healers would shield the buildings from harm if war broke out.

I almost pulled a muscle in my chest laughing that hard...

Posted by BarCodeKing 2003-02-18 10:29:33|| [barcodeking.blogspot.com/] 2003-02-18 10:29:33|| Front Page Top

#2 I sincerely hope these clowns don't meet a sticky end. Would make a great movie one day. I've had more laughs out of this lot that I've had in ages. You couldn't make this material up if you tried...

Posted by Bulldog 2003-02-18 10:30:09|| 2003-02-18 10:30:09|| Front Page Top

#3 This operation is a mad hatter's tea party. It is always good to get a good laugh before going to work. Thanks, Fred for the article.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-02-18 10:39:50|| 2003-02-18 10:39:50|| Front Page Top

#4 "E-excelent, Smithers! Now activate the GPS locators in those belt-buckles we gave them!"

Posted by mojo 2003-02-18 10:46:42|| 2003-02-18 10:46:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Gathered in a smoke-filled hall of a Baghdad hotel, they have come from around the world in a bid to keep at bay the armada mobilized around Iraq by the United States and Britain.

Hope it's real good hash. Could be the last good thing that happens to them for quite awhile...

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-18 11:57:22|| 2003-02-18 11:57:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, if I had known that they gave you a snazzy T-shirt, I would have joined the suicide squad months ago... ;-)

Posted by Paul 2003-02-18 12:26:33|| [frozeninmontreal.blogspot.com/] 2003-02-18 12:26:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Neal Boortz had an interesting prediction today: once the bombs start dropping, Saddam will kill a whole chunk of his population and blame it on us, with cameras rolling everywhere. A caller brought up an even better point: Saddam kills some of the human shields, and blames it on the US.

Now, I'm all for them "taking the eternal dirt nap" as he says, but it will really screw up our fight politically. I mean, think about it: Brave little Johnny went to save the poor civilians and the imperialist US blew him up for it.

It's sad.

Posted by Dave 2003-02-18 13:26:57|| 2003-02-18 13:26:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Aha! All we have to do is look where the ~~useful idiots~~ human shields are, and those will be the places we bomb when the war starts. Hey! Human spotters! A grateful nation thanks you!

Posted by Denny 2003-02-18 13:42:34|| [www.grouchyoldcripple.com] 2003-02-18 13:42:34|| Front Page Top

#9 But you left out the best part...

Mandela Invited to âJoin The Clubâ

On Thursday, February 13, the mostly western human shields said they had invited Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela to join their "voice for peace."
"We have written to ask (former South African president) Nelson Mandela to join us here in Baghdad as a voice for peace," said Canadian Roberta Taman, a leading member of the first group, which arrived in Baghdad a week ago.
"We have not had a response from him yet, but we know that he has said he would come to Baghdad if he was invited. So we have extended that invitation and are waiting to hear from him," she told a press conference.

When the phone don't ring, you naive idiot, you'll know it's Nellie...

Posted by tu3031 2003-02-18 13:50:21|| 2003-02-18 13:50:21|| Front Page Top

#10 The best thing that we could do is start spreading the rumor that the human shields have been infiltrated by the CIA, Mossad, MI6, etc. Furthermore, they are actively helping Western intelligence agencies identify targets in Iraq. Saddam will deal with them appropriately.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-02-18 14:32:17|| 2003-02-18 14:32:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Mandella invited...

I'm laughing so hard. How can anyone be so utterly freakin stupid?

There's them what's cannon fodder and there's them what extolls the virtures of cannon fodder (once they are safely out of the way as it would be icky to actually have to deal with them), generally for a profit and personal gain.

If these people do get hit with bombs it can only be considered a mercy killing.

Posted by Michael 2003-02-18 18:32:52|| 2003-02-18 18:32:52|| Front Page Top

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