John Ross, a US citizen, is a journalist, poet, activist and author. He wrote the following the articles for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and other media, starting when he was on the Human Shields bus to Baghdad, during a three-week stay in Baghdad, and after he departed Baghdad.

SOUTHERN TURKEY (Feb 14)On the Road to Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Feb 22) Countdown to the Cataclysm: Human Shields in Baghdad Waiting for Bush to Bomb

BAGHDAD (Feb 28) – 'We Eat America for Breakfast': Baghdad Waits for Bush's Rain of Death

BAGHDAD (Mar 07) – Life and Death at the Daura Refinery

AMMAN (Mar 11) – Endgame in Baghdad: as Bush Triggers the Genocide of the Iraqi People, Human Shields Go Home to Fight