Editing Human shield (section)

===Anti-war activists===
In recent years civilians have volunteered to serve as "human shields" to prevent military conflict. In January 2003, [[Opposition to the Iraq War|anti-war]] activists organised [[Human shield action to Iraq|Human Shield Action to Iraq]] in advance of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|March 2003 invasion]]. Ultimately, Human Shield Action brought 200 people to Iraq. Many of them left as they ran out of money and the likelihood of war became greater.<ref>"[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/02/wshiel02.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/02/ixnewstop.html Human shield Britons quit Baghdad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226001755/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F03%2F02%2Fwshiel02.xml&sSheet=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F03%2F02%2Fixnewstop.html |date=February 26, 2008}}", ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', March 2, 2003.</ref><ref>"[http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/04/sprj.irq.human.shields/ UK bus owner defends Iraq trip] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050327164841/http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/04/sprj.irq.human.shields/ |date=March 27, 2005}}", [[CNN]].com, March 4, 2003.</ref> Several of these human shields had to be rescued by U.S. Marines after Iraqis threatened them for opposing the invasion of their country.<ref>Coughlin, Jack; Kuhlman, Casey; and, Donald A. Davis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cl5GSURUV3sC&pg=PP1 Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718030652/https://books.google.cl/books?id=cl5GSURUV3sC&lpg=PP1&hl=es&pg=PP1 |date=July 18, 2018}}. St.&nbsp;Martin's Press, (2005).</ref> {{unreliable source?|date=June 2023}}