Human shield action to Iraq
The Human Shield Action to Iraq was a group of people who traveled to Iraq to act as human shields with the aim of preventing the U.S.-led coalition forces from bombing certain locations during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Human shields black bus, 25 January 2003
Human shields greeted as they cross the border into Iraq, 15 February 2003
Human shields meeting in Iraq, 1 March 2003, at the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq
Thomas Hurndall was a British photography student, a volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and an activist against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. On 11 April 2003, he was shot in the head in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sniper, Taysir Hayb. Hurndall was left in a coma and died nine months later.
Tom Hurndall