FW: Vice President's daughter Mary Cheney, human shield???

FYI Can anybody confirm this one?

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From: "William J. OBrien" <[email protected]>
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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:09:36 -0600
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Subject: FW: Vice President's daughter Mary Cheney, human shield???

FYI Can anybody confirm this one?
>March 25, 2003
> Cheney daughter - human shield in Baghdad???
> The London based Arabic daily Al Quds Al Arabi reported on Tuesday,
March
>25
> that the American vice president, Dick Cheney, would soon head to the
>Jordanian
> capital, Amman.
>
> The newspaper claimed that the visit would be an attempt by Cheney to
>convince
> his daughter, who was in the Jordanian capital, to back down her
decision
>to go
> to Baghdad within a group of volunteers who want to form human shields
>against
> the US led attacks on Iraq.
>
> Al Quds Al Arabi cited news reports it claimed circulating in Amman as
>saying that
> Cheney would arrive in the Jordanian capital soon on a special visit it
>described as
> having a "social mission." iNews agencies cited sources as saying that
>Cheney will
> arrive in Amman next Friday. He will try to convince his daughter who is
>currently
> staying at a hotel in Amman not to go to Baghdad along with a group of
> volunteers who want to go to Iraq and form human shields against the
Anglo
> American attacks,i said the report.
>
> A U.S. Embassy spokesman in the Jordanian capital, denied that Cheney
was
>on
> his way to Jordan: "The embassy has no information that the U.S. vice
>president
> will arrive in Jordan to convince one of his daughters not to travel to
>Iraq to join
> human shields opposed to war," he said.
>
> However, some sons of western officials have already volunteered as
human
> shields in Iraq against the American invasion, including the son of the
>Canadian
> Foreign Minister, Bill Graham
>
> Although not mentioned in the the Arabic newspaper, it is likely refers
>to Mary
> Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. Mary, 34, is
>a lesbian,
> and she has not kept her homosexuality a secret – either to her friends
>or to her
> employer, Coors Brewing Co., where she was the gay and lesbian corporate
> relations manager.
>
> The controversy around Mary has emerged in the US media during her
>father's
> vice presidential campaign during 2000. During that time, Mary told Time
> magazine in some of her few public words to date, "I love my father. I
>don't
> want to be a distraction."
>
> However, when Lynne Cheney was asked about her daughter being openly
gay,
> Mrs. Cheney said her daughter is "bright" and "hard-working" and
>"decent," and
> yes, she loves her.
>
> Now, after the war started, it seems there are not just political but
>also financial
> reasons for Mr. Cheney's strong support for the raids on Iraq. When it
>comes to
> making money from a war in Iraq, few can match the firepower of the
>company
> once headed by Dick Cheney, Reuters reported.
>
> Houston-based Halliburton Co. can build roads and bridges and camps for
US
> forces. It can transport personnel and provide other logistics. And
after
>the war,
> assuming a U.S. victory, it can help restore Iraq's infrastructure and
oil
> production.
>
> At the same time, the company's oilfield services business, which is
>second only to
> Schlumberger Ltd., is likely to supply most of the heavy equipment to
>fight fires in
> oil wells and oil fields.
>
> And should the U.S. emerge victorious, Halliburton – which develops oil
>fields and
> drills for oil all over the world – has the connections and businesses
>to play a
> major role in "rebuilding" Iraq.
>
> "They have the businesses. They have the government relationship already
> well-established, and, as we all know, Cheney was the CEO, so it makes
>logical
> sense," said Denis Walsh, an equity analyst who covers the energy sector
>for State
> Street Research and Management.
>
> For all these reasons, one should not be surprised that the American VP
>will hurry
> to Amman and try to bring his "rebellious" daughter back
>home….(Albawaba.com)
>
> www.albawaba.com
>