Iraq 'Human Shield' Challenges Fines

[shawn703]

A peace activist who went to Iraq to serve as a "human shield" against the U.S. invasion is challenging $8,000 in federal fines. Ryan Clancy, 28, filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department in federal court Thursday.

The department alleges Clancy went to Iraq in violation of sanctions and offered his services to the Iraqi government to shield its facilities from possible military action.

Clancy was in Iraq from Jan. 28, 2003, to March 7, 2003, according the lawsuit. The United States attacked Iraq on March 19, 2003.

The American Civil Liberties Union said Clancy was not "trading with the enemy" or providing services to the Iraqi government.


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[sui generis]

1. I hope he wins

The Treasury Department should not be levying fines against an individual for any reason other than taxation, period.

They have quite overstepped the boundary of their authority in this case.

[Benhurst]

2. Justice BushAmerican style. It's the Bush Gang that ought to

be fined, arrested, and sent to the Hague for crimes against humanity.