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Concrete and ReBar Work Better

by John Cole|  January 22, 200312:01 am| 1 Comment

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How empty must your existence be that this is a goal in life:
LONDON (Reuters) – A first wave of mainly Western volunteers will leave London this weekend on a convoy bound for Iraq to act as “human shields” at key sites and populous areas in case of a U.S.-led war on Baghdad.

“The potential for white Western body parts flying around with the Iraqi ones should make them think again about this imperialist oil war,” organizer Ken Nichols, a former U.S. marine in the 1991 Gulf War, told Reuters.

His “We the People” organization will be sending off a first group of 50 human shields from the London mayor’s City Hall building Saturday, part of a series of departures organizers say will involve hundreds, possibly thousands, of volunteers.

Seriously, now. John Walker Lindh at least had the sense to arm himself.

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    Rev. Gregory Markle

    January 21, 2003 at 9:57 pm

    Do they really think that the F-117 and B-1 pilots are going to fly low enough to check their ID’s before bombing them? I think human shield is a bad term for them, I’d think Darwin Shield™ would be better – it’s evolution in action and the human race will be just a bit better off.

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