U.S. peace activists vowed here Sunday, November 3, they would stay in Baghdad even if their country declared war on Iraq. "We will study Arabic, do volunteer work, keep on sending diaries back home about our interaction with the Iraqi people," Kathy Kelly, spokesperson of Chicago-based Voices in the Wilderness, told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Kelly, from Chicago, said there were now 11 members of the group in Baghdad, and that at least 70 other volunteers were ready to come. "We have requested visas for them," she said. She dismissed the idea that they would provide Iraq with a U.S. human shield, pointing out that members of the group stayed in Baghdad during the December 1998 U.S.-British bombing blitz.
Have a nice stay, Kathy. If you eat one, don't come complaining to us... |