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Human shields ask Blair to avoid bombing them
Reuters ^ | March 20, 2003
LONDON - Anti-war activists delivered a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, urging him to avoid in the event of war bombing targets in Iraq where human shields are deployed.
The Human Shields Action group, which has about 100 international volunteers deployed in Iraq in a bid to deter military strikes, said it had asked Blair to avoid attacking sites where shields were based.
"The...sentiment which demands that, whatever our opinion about military actions, we should back our forces should also be applied to the human shields," Richard Scrase, director of the London-based Human Shields Action, said in a statement.
"In the event of war, we call on the public to support the brave men and women from Britain who have placed themselves in harm's way in order to try and protect the innocent people of Iraq."
The human shields, who have travelled to Iraq from several Western countries, have called for Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush to face trial for war crimes if they unleash military force on Iraq.
Around 120 human shields are still in Iraq, scattered around nine sites near Baghdad including an oil refinery, food silo, water treatment plant and power stations.
Five of the volunteers, including former U.S. marine Ken O'Keefe who helped bring dozens of people from Britain, were expelled from Iraq after clashing with authorities over the sites where the activists should be deployed.
The remainder said numbers were fluctuating as some returned home and others were still arriving to replace them.
Reuters ^ | March 20, 2003
LONDON - Anti-war activists delivered a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, urging him to avoid in the event of war bombing targets in Iraq where human shields are deployed.
The Human Shields Action group, which has about 100 international volunteers deployed in Iraq in a bid to deter military strikes, said it had asked Blair to avoid attacking sites where shields were based.
"The...sentiment which demands that, whatever our opinion about military actions, we should back our forces should also be applied to the human shields," Richard Scrase, director of the London-based Human Shields Action, said in a statement.
"In the event of war, we call on the public to support the brave men and women from Britain who have placed themselves in harm's way in order to try and protect the innocent people of Iraq."
The human shields, who have travelled to Iraq from several Western countries, have called for Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush to face trial for war crimes if they unleash military force on Iraq.
Around 120 human shields are still in Iraq, scattered around nine sites near Baghdad including an oil refinery, food silo, water treatment plant and power stations.
Five of the volunteers, including former U.S. marine Ken O'Keefe who helped bring dozens of people from Britain, were expelled from Iraq after clashing with authorities over the sites where the activists should be deployed.
The remainder said numbers were fluctuating as some returned home and others were still arriving to replace them.
