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Terri
01-28-2003, 12:45 AM
'Human shields' being used - U.S.

CNN
January 27, 2003

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A day after dozens of peace activists boarded double-decker buses and a taxi to travel from London to Baghdad in hopes of preventing bombing by the U.S. and its allies, the Bush administration criticized their efforts.

"We would not recommend that people allow themselves to be used by a tyrant and a dictator who has a history of doing horrible things to even his own people as well as his neighbors," White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told Fox News Sunday. "So this is not the time for people to call themselves human shields."

On Saturday, participants said they were hoping their presence would cause war planners not to carry through on threats to attack Iraq, which they accuse of amassing weapons of mass destruction in violation of U.N. resolutions.

Full Story Here! (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/01/26/sprj.irq.humanshield s/index.html)

lpara
01-28-2003, 01:05 AM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:blue'>Someone put a muzzle on Adrew Card http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrinangelA.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/b.gif LET 'EM GO~~LET 'EM GO! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/b.gif *</span></span>

Granite River
01-28-2003, 09:35 AM
I can’t wait to see these people on CNN running around trying to get hit on the head by a 2000 pound bomb.

That makes me wonder. If the bomb does hit one of these people on the head will the bomb be damaged or deflected off target? If a bomb bounces off of their stone heads and hits a parked taxi will they then blame us for the collateral damage?

What we should do is catch one of these people and shove a tracking device; some where so that when Saddam surrounds himself with these human shields we will be able to find him.

Charie
01-28-2003, 12:03 PM
Don't ask me to be the one to do the shoving, GR. *I don't need any medals for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. * http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rotflo.gif * http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rofl.gif

Leelanau
02-04-2003, 09:53 PM
My husband calls this sort of complete stupidity &quot;Natural Selection&quot; because they always do something absolutely ridiculous and get themselves killed! At least after their &quot;unfortunate demise&quot; they can no longer spread their lack of intelligence on to future generations!

BIG CASINO
02-05-2003, 04:37 AM
leelanau, your husband is absolutly right,'natural selection' is most descriptive.

Most likely there will be no mourners for the knotheaded 'bus people,' as is evidenced by the fact that their loved ones (if any) either put them on or let them get on the buses!

Kinda makes ya wonder just who is paying for this nonsense?

Paddle forward, kids