SA: Fears growing for Adelaide woman in Iraq
ADELAIDE, April 1 AAP - There are mounting fears for the safety of Adelaide woman RuthRussell who is in Iraq acting as a human shield.
Her friend Denise Tzumli today said she had not heard from Mrs Russell for a week,and had read internet reports that a grains silo complex in Iraq had been bombed.
Mrs Russell, 55, had been stationed at a food silo at Taji, about 20km north-west ofBaghdad, after arriving in Iraq about a month ago.
Before leaving Australia, the mother-of-two said she was prepared to die for the anti-war cause.
Ms Tzumli said she would today telephone an office in Iraq set up to aid the humanshields, seeking news about her friend.
"There's only one food silo compound that's part of the human shields' network, andthat's where Ruth is," Ms Tzumli told ABC Radio.
"The compound has been hit. Not the silo itself, but it's a near miss, if it's beena miss (at all), so I'm worried."
Mrs Russell previously told friends she felt safe at the silo, but expressed concernabout travelling into Baghdad.
Another Australian human shield, Donna Mulhearn from NSW, has fled Baghdad for Ammanin Jordan before what is expected to be a bloody battle for the capital.
AAP la/tnf/bwl
KEYWORD: IRAQ AUST RUSSELL
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