Remember those annoying human shields?

[Timon]

Nothing annoyed me more than those stupid anti-war activist human shields in Iraq. Looks like they are now being prosecuted for their actions :-)

Too bad they aren't being charged with treason :-(

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/11/huma...e.ap/index.html

[Winetalk.com]

Originally posted by Timon@Aug 12 2003, 02:25 AM
Nothing annoyed me more than those stupid anti-war activist human shields in Iraq. Looks like they are now being prosecuted for their actions :-)

Too bad they aren't being charged with treason :-(

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/11/huma...e.ap/index.html

teacher....

and those fucked up in the head have direct access to our children

[sarettah]

Her travel to Iraq violated U.S. sanctions that prohibited American citizens from engaging in "virtually all direct or indirect commercial, financial or trade transactions with Iraq."

"She was (in Iraq) in violation of U.S. sanctions," said Taylor Griffin, a Treasury Department spokesman. "That's what happens
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If this is all they are going after her for then I would sure like to see them go after Sean Penn and the others who went to talk to Saddam personally...

[Torone]

Originally posted by sarettah@Aug 12 2003, 06:25 AM
Her travel to Iraq violated U.S. sanctions that prohibited American citizens from engaging in "virtually all direct or indirect commercial, financial or trade transactions with Iraq."

"She was (in Iraq) in violation of U.S. sanctions," said Taylor Griffin, a Treasury Department spokesman. "That's what happens
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If this is all they are going after her for then I would sure like to see them go after Sean Penn and the others who went to talk to Saddam personally...

I thought Sean Penn was a foreign national...