A first wave of mainly Western suckers 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.
Yo, Ken! Iraqis are white, sez me, a former U.S. soldier in the Vietnam war. Maybe you should tell Rooters, too...
His "We the Twits People" organization will be sending off a first group of 50 paragons of intellect 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. Nichols' planned human shield convoys are one of several such efforts around the world to mobilize activists in Iraq as a deterrent against military strikes on Baghdad.
No skin off my fore. Best of luck to all you dictator-loving orifices...
In Bucharest, more than 100 Romanian diehard communists said Tuesday they would travel by bus to Iraq to act as human shields in case of a U.S. attack. Members of the tiny Romanian Workers Party, which took the mantle of ousted dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's defunct Communist party in 1995, said they would set off next month to support "the cause of the people."
That makes sense. Sammy and Taha and Tariq and Chemical Ali are people, too. Apparently some Romanians are just yearning for the old days of peace, stability, and the Securitate. It'll be like old home week, only the girls are prettier in Bucharest. |