Editing Human shield (section)

==== Iraq War ====
{{Main|Human shield action to Iraq}}

During the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]], a group of people chose to travel to Iraq to act as human shields. Their purpose was to prevent [[Coalition of the willing|American-led coalition forces]] from bombing certain locations. Of about 200 to 500 human shields who traveled to Iraq before hostilities, at least eighty stayed.{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}<ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=abZT4msUM_cC&dq=Winter+soldier+Iraq+Scott+Ewing&pg=PA70 ''Winter Soldier, Iraq and Afghanistan: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations'']. Retrieved August 22, 2014.</ref>

U.S. Army Cavalry Scout Scott Ewing, who served in Iraq in the 2005–2006 period, stated that U.S. troops would give candy to Iraqi children so they would stay around their vehicles, thereby making more likely that enemies would not attack them.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/88912:iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-to-just-shoot-people-and-the-officers-would-take-care-of-us|title=Iraq War Vet: 'We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers Would Take Care of Us' |date=April 7, 2010|publisher=[[Truthout]]}}</ref><ref>[http://hearingvoices.com/news/webworks/winter-soldiers/ "Winter Soldiers"]. Retrieved August 22, 2014.</ref><ref name="books.google.com"/>