The Objection The following excerpts of an article written by Balfour Henry, February 2002, seem to form the basis of the objection led by the Member of Parliament for Western Kingston, Desmond McKenzie: Excerpt #1 "Miss Hylton also submitted that the security forces had the right to fire on women and children allegedly shielding gunmen during the July 7-10 operation "If the police and the rest of the security forces had not taken action, to repel force with force that day, I say again, at this point in time, we may still have been shovelling up pieces of bodies in West Kingston," she said. Referring to the evidence that women "dressed in night wear" and "children as young as six to 12" formed a human shield for gunmen, she commented, "I do not understand the logic behind saying to both the police and soldiers, that because there are women and children in front of the gunmen they cannot fire. "In my respe