'Human Shields' Granted Entry Visa
Unconfirmed sources are reporting that Richard Gere, Sean Penn, Carrot Top, Susan Sarandon, and Janeane Garofalo have apparently arrived in Baghdad, intent on acting as human shields along with other American volunteers.
ANKARA (Reuters) - A group of around 50 Western anti-war activists received visas on Tuesday to enter Iraq where they plan to form "human shields" in an effort to deter a possible U.S.-led attack on the Arab state.
The volunteers said at an impromptu news conference in the Turkish capital they hoped their presence and the possibility of Western casualties would encourage U.S. political leaders and military planners to re-think any plans to bomb Baghdad for its alleged development of weapons of mass destruction.
"I am an American human shield on this trip to Baghdad to try and stop this war," said volunteer John Rosse.
"I ask American troops headed here...not to come, they have no business being here. They do not make good ambassadors. They are here to kill, murder, devastate the civilian population of Iraq. That is not an American thing to do."
So long, y'all. I suppose Madonna will be joining after she finishes her new anti-war video. We'll miss you when you're gone....
