Did Mary Cheney really attempt to be a human shield in Iraq?

[Radio-Active]

This story is over a year old:

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What Happened to Unruly Cheney?

It was reported for the first time two weeks ago that daughter of US Vice-president Mary Cheney, 34, had come to the Jordanian capital of Amman to go further to Baghdad for participation in the Human Shield international organization's actions. The news was published by the newspaper Al Quds Al Arabia (Arabian Jerusalem) issued in the Arab language in London. It was immediately picked up by the Jordanian mass media (the influential local newspaper Al Rai was the first to publish it). The son of Canadian Foreign Minister William Graham was also mentioned among the children of high-ranking officials of the west who decided to go to Iraq to demonstrate their protests against the US-led war.
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Full Story Here:

http://english.pravda.ru/war/2003/04/07/45686.html

[Raster]

1. bullshit. mary cheney is a repuke c*** through and through. She doesn't

do ANYTHING unless she can turn a profit. Please, human shield? That would imply some type of human compassion. dick and lynne cheney's daughter, remember?

[Radio-Active]

2. who knows?

maybe they got to her.. after all, there's a big inheritance for her, as long as she behaves

[JI7]

3. i think i remember this story

it was spread on du and other places. but it was just a rumor.

[0007]

4. ....don't know, I remember something about it but not much.

:shrug:

[Silverhair]

5. Very doubtful.

It would have been much bigger news at the time if it had been true. And it would have been mentioned in the recent election. And she probably would have been out campaigning against the war if she had actually felt that strongly about.

Nope. Not believable.

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[newyawker99]

7. Hi Tagbrds43!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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[apple_ridge]

9. Impossible. Anybody who would have the decency

to get involved in such a project would never get on the stage with Cheney.