3 Japanese leave Syria to join 'human shields' in Baghdad

DAMASCUS, Syria - Three Japanese, including Shigeko Takayabu (L), an assistant nurse from Kobe, leave a Damascus hotel for Baghdad on April 1 to serve as ''human shields'' against the U.S. war on Iraq.

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