02-22-2003, 12:55 AM
Because of the political climate and the objectives that would lead to this war, I think that U.S./Allied forces would be taking the effort to avoid collateral damage as much as conveniently possible. I really do not think the presence of western protestors will cause any further measures of caution to be taken. If such measures would be taken, though, then the protesters would be unwittingly protecting Iraqi military targets and probably causing increased U.S./Allied casualties. That's not even considering the likely scenarios where a supposedly "civilian" building is determined to be a military target, or the strong possibility that these people become actual hostages of the Iraqi military once fighting starts.