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AP. 8 March 2003. Nine Lebanese leave for Iraq to serve as "human shields." BEIRUT -- Eight Lebanese men and a 21-year-old girl left Beirut on Saturday en route to Baghdad, where they plan to serve as "human shields" against U.S. plans to attack Iraq. Before departing in a small bus for the 12-hour journey, the nine had their passports stamped by the Iraqi Embassy with a label saying, "The bearer of this visa is a human shield." "I am seeking martyrdom in defense of Iraq," said Sheik Saaddine Ghaya, a 35-year-old Sunni Muslim cleric from north Lebanon. "The Americans and the Jews are coming to fight Islam. I am duty-bound to go to Iraq to resist them," Ghaya said before boarding the bus. Like Ghaya, most of the men grew beards, though they said they did not belong to any political or religious parties. The men started reading the Quran, Islam's holy book, as the bus departed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org The nine, most of them university students, said the aim of their journey to Baghdad was to try to prevent a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq. "I am going to fight if there is a war against Iraq," said Amer Slybi, 28. With the threat of war looming, dozens of activists from around the world have come to Baghdad in recent weeks offering to serve as "human shields" in strategic locations, such as power plants, water purification facilities and archaeological sites. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
