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2003.03.07 5.04

Several weeks ago, groups of peace activist ''human shields'' arrived from the West in order to prevent the bombing of Iraq. These brainless monkeys are finally getting a lesson in how Iraq treats its people now that they've discovered, to their dismay, that Iraq wanted them to protect REAL MILITARY TARGETS. These dopes thought they could pick where they were going to stay. Nope! Read the article and be amazed:

06 Mar 2003 18:37
Iraq sends five Western human shields home
By Dominic Evans

BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Iraq ordered five human shields out of the country on Thursday after a dispute over where the Western peace activists should deploy to deter possible U.S. military strikes.

Accusing them of undermining the ''noble and courageous'' spirit of other volunteers, senior Iraqi official Abdul-Razzaq al-Hashimi told a heated meeting of about 100 human shields in Baghdad that the five should leave by Friday.

It was the latest setback to the high-profile mission to Iraq by peace activists whose visit has been plagued by infighting, illness and a broken-down red London bus.

Leave it to these morons to decide to drive a red London bus all the way from England to Iraq. Brilliant cheap bastards. They should have driven their Volvos and BMWs down in retrospect. Wait til you hear what exactly consistutes ''undermining the noble and courageous spirit'' of the other pinkos.

''Out of concern for the success of the noble cause you are here for, and so as not to let a few people in the group undermine this beautiful activity, I'm very sorry to say that I'm asking the five people to leave,'' Hashimi told the meeting. He said the five who had been told to leave had set themselves up as representatives of the group and had been ''holding unnecessary meetings, wasting time, knocking on doors at midnight...(and) asking stupid questions''.

Stupid questions like, ''Why do we have to go to power plants and refineries to prevent bombing? Can't we stay here and protect the Holiday Inn?''

''We appreciate very much that you are here, but the rules of the house have to be respected,'' he said.

Activists at the meeting said the row centered on a disagreement over who should decide where they should deploy. Some had wanted to station themselves in hospitals or schools but were told instead to go to power stations.

Former U.S. marine Ken O'Keefe, one of those ordered to leave, said it was ''absolutely unacceptable that human shields would arrive and immediately be taken to sites without our knowledge''.

This is the same nitwit who on January 25, 2003 said, ''Our strategy is potentially dangerous but that is the risk we must take in standing beside our brothers and sisters in Iraq.'' Right. As long as you get to pick and choose which Iraq brothers and sisters you get to stand by. Duh.

O'Keefe, whose Human Shield Action Iraq group coordinated the departure of dozens of volunteers from London six weeks ago, said Hashimi's decision would ensure that many other human shields would be leaving Baghdad too.

''It's just a shame that there may be Iraqi lives that could be lost as a result of numbers diminishing,'' he told Reuters.

''Well, except for Saddam's life. The Iraqis asked us to strap ourselves to the top of his lead motorcade car and there was no way we were going for that!''

One of the red double-decker buses which ferried O'Keefe and other human shields to Baghdad broke down en route from London. Two more are now stranded in Lebanon, with their owner needing $5,500 to ship them home.

Why not beg for the money through PayPal? Or how about taking up a collection amongst the volunteers? It's not like they're going to need the money after they're dead, right?

Some volunteers fell ill on the journey and dozens more have since left Iraq, saying they had wanted to protect hospitals and schools but had been forced out to refineries, power plants and water works.

Volunteer Peggy Wentworth claimed that she had been ''plagued with diarrhea and recurring nightmares. ''I can't take it! I can't take it anymore! I can't take it anymore!'' On his way out the door, O'Keefe bitch slapped Wentworth upside the head and yelled, ''Calm down! Get ahold of yourself!''

But others said they would not quit.

''We planned to be here and we intend to stay here,'' British volunteer Karl Dallas told Hashimi to applause from the meeting.

Dallas said it was reasonable for Iraq to want the shields to defend power plants because hospitals and schools were over-stretched and could not cope with visitors.

The untold story is that the Iraqis were worried that these fat Westerners would drain all of the snack machines in the hospital waiting room. ''We only get those machines refilled, like, once a month,'' pleaded Baghdad Memorial chief neurologist Haziz Fwazala.

These pathetic idiots went into a country where *everyone* lives under fear of death from their own police, where hundreds of thousands are dying of starvation, where tens of thousands have ''vanished'' for disagreeing with Saddam and where the income brought in from limited oil sales is diverted from purchasing food to pursuing frickin' illegal weapons programs! YOU WENT THERE HOPING TO STOP ANYONE FROM INTERFERING WITH THAT! They are astonished that the Iraqis took them up on their offer to serve as living safegaurds by using them to protect weapons depositories. Upon learning this, now you're saying it's ''absolutely unacceptable.'' These guys need to remember why they went there. To prevent a war. If they don't have the balls to do it then they are probably too half-baked to figure out how to get *out* of Iraq.

Seriously. Someone should blockade these pathetic fools from getting out of there. No one needs these people dragging down the average intelligence of wherever their Enchanted Joy Bus lands. Maybe some of the needier Iraqis can trade them for passage to a place where it's safer for an Iraqi to be.

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed here are my own only and in no way represent the views, positions or opinions - expressed or implied - of my employers both past and present. « bayer/tylenol drug cocktail \| Main \| fair is fair » an idiot by any other name... 2003.03.07 5.04 Several weeks ago, groups of peace activist ''human shields'' arrived from the West in order to prevent the bombing of Iraq. These brainless monkeys are finally getting a lesson in how Iraq treats its people now that they've discovered, to their dismay, that Iraq wanted them to protect REAL MILITARY TARGETS. These dopes thought they could pick where they were going to stay. Nope! Read the article and be amazed: 06 Mar 2003 18:37 Iraq sends five Western human shields home By Dominic Evans BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Iraq ordered five human shields out of the country on Thursday after a dispute over where the Western peace activists should deploy to deter possible U.S. military strikes. Accusing them of undermining the ''noble and courageous'' spirit of other volunteers, senior Iraqi official Abdul-Razzaq al-Hashimi told a heated meeting of about 100 human shields in Baghdad that the five should leave by Friday. It was the latest setback to the high-profile mission to Iraq by peace activists whose visit has been plagued by infighting, illness and a broken-down red London bus. Leave it to these morons to decide to drive a red London bus all the way from England to Iraq. Brilliant cheap bastards. They should have driven their Volvos and BMWs down in retrospect. Wait til you hear what exactly consistutes ''undermining the noble and courageous spirit'' of the other pinkos. ''Out of concern for the success of the noble cause you are here for, and so as not to let a few people in the group undermine this beautiful activity, I'm very sorry to say that I'm asking the five people to leave,'' Hashimi told the meeting. He said the five who had been told to leave had set themselves up as representatives of the group and had been ''holding unnecessary meetings, wasting time, knocking on doors at midnight...(and) asking stupid questions''. Stupid questions like, ''Why do we have to go to power plants and refineries to prevent bombing? Can't we stay here and protect the Holiday Inn?'' ''We appreciate very much that you are here, but the rules of the house have to be respected,'' he said. Activists at the meeting said the row centered on a disagreement over who should decide where they should deploy. Some had wanted to station themselves in hospitals or schools but were told instead to go to power stations. Former U.S. marine Ken O'Keefe, one of those ordered to leave, said it was ''absolutely unacceptable that human shields would arrive and immediately be taken to sites without our knowledge''. This is the same nitwit who on January 25, 2003 said, ''Our strategy is potentially dangerous but that is the risk we must take in standing beside our brothers and sisters in Iraq.'' Right. As long as you get to pick and choose which Iraq brothers and sisters you get to stand by. Duh. O'Keefe, whose Human Shield Action Iraq group coordinated the departure of dozens of volunteers from London six weeks ago, said Hashimi's decision would ensure that many other human shields would be leaving Baghdad too. ''It's just a shame that there may be Iraqi lives that could be lost as a result of numbers diminishing,'' he told Reuters. ''Well, except for Saddam's life. The Iraqis asked us to strap ourselves to the top of his lead motorcade car and there was no way we were going for that!'' One of the red double-decker buses which ferried O'Keefe and other human shields to Baghdad broke down en route from London. Two more are now stranded in Lebanon, with their owner needing $5,500 to ship them home. Why not beg for the money through PayPal? Or how about taking up a collection amongst the volunteers? It's not like they're going to need the money after they're dead, right? Some volunteers fell ill on the journey and dozens more have since left Iraq, saying they had wanted to protect hospitals and schools but had been forced out to refineries, power plants and water works. Volunteer Peggy Wentworth claimed that she had been ''plagued with diarrhea and recurring nightmares. ''I can't take it! I can't take it anymore! I can't take it anymore!'' On his way out the door, O'Keefe bitch slapped Wentworth upside the head and yelled, ''Calm down! Get ahold of yourself!'' But others said they would not quit. ''We planned to be here and we intend to stay here,'' British volunteer Karl Dallas told Hashimi to applause from the meeting. Dallas said it was reasonable for Iraq to want the shields to defend power plants because hospitals and schools were over-stretched and could not cope with visitors. The untold story is that the Iraqis were worried that these fat Westerners would drain all of the snack machines in the hospital waiting room. ''We only get those machines refilled, like, once a month,'' pleaded Baghdad Memorial chief neurologist Haziz Fwazala. These pathetic idiots went into a country where everyone lives under fear of death from their own police, where hundreds of thousands are dying of starvation, where tens of thousands have ''vanished'' for disagreeing with Saddam and where the income brought in from limited oil sales is diverted from purchasing food to pursuing frickin' illegal weapons programs! YOU WENT THERE HOPING TO STOP ANYONE FROM INTERFERING WITH THAT! They are astonished that the Iraqis took them up on their offer to serve as living safegaurds by using them to protect weapons depositories. Upon learning this, now you're saying it's ''absolutely unacceptable.'' These guys need to remember why they went there. To prevent a war. If they don't have the balls to do it then they are probably too half-baked to figure out how to get out of Iraq. Seriously. Someone should blockade these pathetic fools from getting out of there. No one needs these people dragging down the average intelligence of wherever their Enchanted Joy Bus lands. Maybe some of the needier Iraqis can trade them for passage to a place where it's safer for an Iraqi to be. « bayer/tylenol drug cocktail \| Main \| fair is fair »