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A little glimpse at life amongst the “human shields” in Iraq<\/a> — manipulation, paranoia, squabbling, and, for many, an early return back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A little glimpse at life amongst the “human shields” in Iraq — manipulation, paranoia, squabbling, and, for many, an early return back home….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitical-brouhaha"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4038,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/02\/24\/shields_up_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":4000,"position":0},"title":"Shields Up","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 24-Feb-03 9:34am","format":false,"excerpt":"Imagine that -- the Iraqi government, which is taking the lead in \"assigning\" voluntary Human Shields who have traveled to Iraq, is more interested in protecting communication centers and oil...","rel":"","context":"In "Geopolitical Brouhaha"","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3845,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/21\/conversion.html","url_meta":{"origin":4000,"position":1},"title":"Conversion","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Mar-03 10:17pm","format":false,"excerpt":"From a UPI story today, not just some human shields who were disguntled, but some who were \"shocked back to reality.\" A group of American anti-war demonstrators who came to...","rel":"","context":"In "Geopolitical Brouhaha"","block_context":{"text":"Geopolitical Brouhaha","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/geopolitical-brouhaha"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4462,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/08\/27\/shields_down_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":4000,"position":2},"title":"Shields down","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 27-Aug-03 9:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"Haven't posted much geopolitical lately, but this particular piece asks an interestnig question: where have all the human shields gone? 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