Jordan: human shields to protect the Iraqi establishments
Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 12/17/2002

The Jordanian national committee in defense of Iraq, stemmed from the Jordanian opposition said it had decided to form a human shield campaign and honorary lists for Jordanian citizens who desire to join the International human shields around the Iraqi establishments.

The chairman of the committee, Hakam al-Fayez, said that the campaign aims at registering the names of 100,000 volunteers from various areas in Jordan for this purpose and that the registration by Jordanian citizens who desire to join this campaign will continue until January 17, 2003.

The Jordanian national committee in defense of Iraq was established after the second Gulf war and includes representatives for various Jordanian forces.

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