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CBC ONLINE ARTICLE GETS ANGRY U.S. RESPONSE
> WebPosted Mon Dec 9 15:44:37 2002
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> TORONTO--A CBC News Online story on Canadians going to Iraq to serve as
> "human shields" in the event of an attack on Iraq has provoked a storm
> of outrage from Americans.
>
> "My wife and I were planning a trip to the Atlantic coast provinces of
> Canada for late spring 2003," writes David Samuel of Baltimore,
> Maryland. "In light of the Canadian citizens who plan to use themselves
> as 'human shields' against Saddam we have decided to vacation elsewhere.
> Our preference will be a country free of such morons."
>
> FROM DEC. 5, 2002 Canadians go to Baghdad as 'human shields'
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> The story – a CBC News Online "Backgrounder" – was titled
> "Canadians go to Baghdad as 'human shields.'"
>
> FROM DEC. 6, 2002 Canadians polarized on support for war: poll
>
> The CBC News Online article was picked up by the Drudge Report in the
> U.S. and featured prominently during the weekend.
>
> It described the growing antiwar movement against a U.S.-led invasion of
> Iraq. The story said two Canadians – Jennifer Ziemann and Irene
> Vandas, both from Vancouver – were going to Baghdad to serve as
> human shields.
>
> FROM CBC.CA: Your letters
>
> The story also said the Canadians would join 20-40 Americans and some
> antiwar protesters from Britain, who have also gone to Baghdad to serve
> as human shields. The main sponsor of the antiwar protest is Voices in
> the Wilderness, a U.S. group based in Chicago.
>
> More letters:
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> Frank Tricario of Seattle, Washington: "The Canadian morons who have
> gone to Iraq as human fodder deserve to be blown up. Your nation is not
> under attack. We Americans will defend our people and will destroy any
> terrorist nation be it Iraq or whomever. Wake up Canada before your ass
> is blown up. Grow up and face this religious war."
>
> Joseph Ames Jr., Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania: "'I'm not too scared,' Vandas
> told CBC News Online the day before she left. I think it will be a
> powerful experience.' It will be a powerful experience for this twit,
> alright. It will be the power of a 500 kg Smart Bomb landing on her
> apparently empty skull...."
>
> Roy Patrick, Bakersfield, California: "It's too bad that so many
> misguided Canadians feel the need to physically involve themselves in
> opposition to our war against terrorism. Where were these folks when
> 3,000 people were murdered in New York? Saddam Hussein is a despot the
> world can, and should, do without. In the opinion of our leaders he is
> the head of the worldwide terror network...."
>
> Norine Holland, Hampton, Virginia: "I am an American who had great
> respect for Canadians, having grown up in a border city and spent many,
> many hours in your country as a family member of hockey players and
> figure skaters. I hope Canada understands that Americans are FED UP with
> militarily defending your socialistic freedom, while you stab us in the
> back...."
>
> Jeff Zeller, Washington, D.C.: "Each new day sees more and more
> Americans come to the realization that Canada is our enemy."
>
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