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Reuters. 10 March 2003. Human Shields Urge Global Action Against Iraq War. BAGHDAD -- Western human shields in Baghdad called on Monday for a global wave of civil disobedience and a boycott of U.S. goods if President Bush goes to war with Iraq. They said Bush and his British ally, Prime Minister Tony Blair, should face trial if they unleash military force on a country where nearly half the population of 25 million people is aged 16 or under. 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. "Only an immoral government would wage war on another country for oil, greed and strategic control of the Middle East," British human shield Judith Empson said. "We appeal to people across the world to boycott U.S. goods, all of them," she told a news conference. "If war does come to Iraq we also appeal to people worldwide to stage a general strike, coupled with civil disobedience." "Should Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair stage a pre-emptive strike on Iraq -- against the wishes of the majority of the world's population -- they would be contravening international law and they would be guilty of war crimes," Empson added. Empson said if it came to military action, she was ready to risk death in Iraq. "I would wish to stay. If they kill the Iraqi people, I would rather die with them," she said. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --------------------------- 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 ==^================================================================
