The Human Shield Action to Iraq was a group of people who traveled to Iraq to act as human shields with the aim of preventing the U.S.-led coalition forces...
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Kenneth O'Keefe (section Human shield action to Iraq)
War veteran. In 2001, he set fire to his United States passport. Subsequently, he led the human shield action to Iraq and was a passenger on the MV Mavi...
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activists organised Human Shield Action to Iraq in advance of the March 2003 invasion. Ultimately, Human Shield Action brought 200 people to Iraq. Many of them...
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict Human shield action to Iraq "EU nations condemn Hamas for what they describe as use of hospitals, civilians as 'human shields'". AP News....
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The Human Shield is a 1991 low-budget American film from B-movie film studio Cannon Films. It was directed by Ted Post and written by Mann Rubin and stars...
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detention camp Human shield action to Iraq International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) List of Iraq War resisters...
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Gulf War (redirect from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm)
that it was a center of Iraqi military operations, and that the civilians had been deliberately moved there to act as human shields.[citation needed] Saddam's...
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Families for Peace Human shield action to Iraq International Campaign Against Aggression on Iraq Iraq Peace Action Coalition Iraq Solidarity Campaign...
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Human shields are legally protected persons—either protected civilians or prisoners of war—who are either coerced or volunteer to deter attacks by occupying...
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Namaa Alward (category Iraqi film actresses)
humanitarian organisations. Alward traveled to Iraq in 2003 as a participant in the human shield action to Iraq.[citation needed] Mørketid (1995) "Namaa...
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towns in Iraq. Iraqi Republican Guard units were also reported to be using human shields. Some reports indicate that the Fedayeen used ambulances to deliver...
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Franchise - Hudson Guild - Human chain - Human geography - Human settlement - Human shield - Human shield action to Iraq - Hung parliament - Hunt Saboteurs...
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The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active...
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Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder (category Torture in Iraq)
argument on the whole idea of liberating Iraq.[citation needed] Groups that organized the human shield action in Iraq say they have no record of Rev. Kenneth...
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operations in Syria, Iraq and Iran, in order to attack groups Turkey classifies as PKK-related. *: Most of Turkey's Operation Euphrates Shield combats were between...
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Islamic State (redirect from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), is a transnational Salafi jihadist...
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The 1991 Iraqi uprisings were ethnic and religious uprisings against Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime in Iraq that were led by Shia Arabs and Kurds....
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torture to accomplish strategic ends is its proven link in "making it harder to recruit potential Iraqi allies". Such methods are not only deemed human rights...
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administration of George W. Bush, actively pressed for military action against Iraq, claiming that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction...
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as Operation Desert Shield. This operation aimed to deter further Iraqi aggression and prepare for potential military action to liberate Kuwait. The...
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the Iraqi government, American troops went to assess Iraqi forces and the threat posed by ISIL. In early August 2014, ISIL began its Northern Iraq offensive...
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to Iraq. Kuwait's large-scale economic assistance to Iraq often triggered hostile Iranian actions against Kuwait. Iran repeatedly targeted Kuwaiti oil...
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airstrikes by Russian warplanes". The use of human shields and executions of civilians who tried to flee continued in Iraq right through until the group lost is...
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and made calls for U.S. government action to support the human rights and religious freedom of the group in Iraq. Amal Clooney of the Center for Justice...
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Jarhead (film) (redirect from Welcome to the suck)
spotter. When Kuwait is invaded by Iraq, Swofford's unit is deployed to Saudi Arabia as a part of "Operation Desert Shield" in the Gulf War (1990–1991). Eager...
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"human shields" begin to return to their home countries because the Iraqi government actually wanted to use them as human shields. The human shields that...
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Gulf War air campaign (category Airstrikes in Iraq)
the air forces of the coalition against targets in Iraq and Iraqi-occupied Kuwait from 17 January to 23 February 1991. Spearheaded by the United States...
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single action or battle, unless that particular operation was wide, but only consisted of one major battle. For example, Operation Ocean Shield included...
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Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (Turkish: Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak) is a 2006 Turkish action film directed by Serdar Akar and starring Necati Şaşmaz, Billy Zane...
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The occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) began on 20 March 2003, when the United States invaded with a military coalition to overthrow Iraqi president Saddam...
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