I was a naive fool to be a human shield for Saddam. Daniel Pepper, in the Sunday Daily Telegraph, has written an interesting editiorial on his experiences as a human shield in Iraq: I wanted to join the human shields in Baghdad because it was direct action which had a chance of bringing the anti-war movement to the forefront of world attention. [...] [...] Jake was so shocked at how naive he had been. We all were. It hadn't occurred to anyone that the Iraqis might actually be pro-war. [kuro5hin.org]

I thought at first glance this would have the full editorial, but alas, it does not.  You can Pepper's editorial here.