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Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Statement fromt he people of Fallujah
IT IS more than evident that US forces are committing daily acts of genocide in Iraq. As we write, these crimes are being perpetrated against the city of Fallujah.
US war planes are launching their most powerful bombs against the civilian population, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent people. Their tanks are pounding the city with heavy artillery.
As you know, there is no military presence in the city. There have been no actions by the resistance in Fallujah in the last few weeks because negotiations are in progress between representatives of the city and the Allawi government.
The new bombardment by the US has begun while the people are fasting during the celebration of Ramadan. Now many of them are trapped in the ruins of their homes and cut off from any outside assistance.
On the night of 13 October a single US bombardment destroyed 50 houses and their inhabitants. Is this a crime of genocide or a lesson about US democracy? The US is committing acts of terror against the people of Fallujah for only one reason-to force them to accept the occupation.
Your excellency and the whole world know that the US and their allies have destroyed our country on the pretext of the threat of weapons of mass destruction. Now, after their own mass destruction and the killing of thousands of civilians, they have admitted that they have not found any. But they have said nothing about the crimes they have committed. The whole world is silent, and even the killing of Iraqi civilians is not condemned. Will the US be paying compensation, as it made Iraq do after the 1991 Gulf War?
We know that we live in a world of double standards. In Fallujah the US has created a new and shadowy target-Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Al-Zarqawi is a new excuse to justify the US's criminal actions. A year has passed since this new excuse was dreamed up, and every time they attack homes, mosques and restaurants, killing women and children, they say, "We have launched a successful operation against al-Zarqawi." They will never say they have killed him, because he does not exist.
The people of Fallujah assure you that this person is not in the city, nor probably anywhere else in Iraq. Many times the people of Fallujah have asked that if anyone sees al-Zarqawi they should kill him. We know now that he is nothing but a phantom created by the US.
Our representatives have repeatedly denounced kidnapping and killing of civilians. We have nothing to do with any group that acts in an inhumane manner. We call on you and the leaders of the world to exert the greatest pressure on the Bush administration to end its crimes against Fallujah and pull its army back from the city.
When they left a while ago, the city had peace and tranquillity. There was no disorder in the city. The civil administration here functioned well, despite the lack of resources. Our "offence" is simply that we did not welcome the forces of occupation. This is our right according to UN Charter, according to international law and according to the norms of humanity.
It is very urgent that you, along with other world leaders, intervene immediately to prevent another massacre. We have tried to contact UN representatives in Iraq to ask them to do this but, as you know, they are sealed off in the maximum security Green Zone in Baghdad and we are not allowed access to them. We want the UN to take a stand on the situation in Fallujah.
Best wishes, in the name of the people of Fallujah, the shura council of Fallujah, the trade union association, the teachers' union, and the council of tribal leaders
Kassim Abdullsattar al-Jumaily:
President The Study Center of Human Rights & Democracy On behalf of the people of Fallujah and for:
Al-Fallujah Shura Council
The Bar Association
The Teacher Union Council of Tribes Leaders
The House of Fatwa and Religious Education
US war planes are launching their most powerful bombs against the civilian population, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent people. Their tanks are pounding the city with heavy artillery.
As you know, there is no military presence in the city. There have been no actions by the resistance in Fallujah in the last few weeks because negotiations are in progress between representatives of the city and the Allawi government.
The new bombardment by the US has begun while the people are fasting during the celebration of Ramadan. Now many of them are trapped in the ruins of their homes and cut off from any outside assistance.
On the night of 13 October a single US bombardment destroyed 50 houses and their inhabitants. Is this a crime of genocide or a lesson about US democracy? The US is committing acts of terror against the people of Fallujah for only one reason-to force them to accept the occupation.
Your excellency and the whole world know that the US and their allies have destroyed our country on the pretext of the threat of weapons of mass destruction. Now, after their own mass destruction and the killing of thousands of civilians, they have admitted that they have not found any. But they have said nothing about the crimes they have committed. The whole world is silent, and even the killing of Iraqi civilians is not condemned. Will the US be paying compensation, as it made Iraq do after the 1991 Gulf War?
We know that we live in a world of double standards. In Fallujah the US has created a new and shadowy target-Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Al-Zarqawi is a new excuse to justify the US's criminal actions. A year has passed since this new excuse was dreamed up, and every time they attack homes, mosques and restaurants, killing women and children, they say, "We have launched a successful operation against al-Zarqawi." They will never say they have killed him, because he does not exist.
The people of Fallujah assure you that this person is not in the city, nor probably anywhere else in Iraq. Many times the people of Fallujah have asked that if anyone sees al-Zarqawi they should kill him. We know now that he is nothing but a phantom created by the US.
Our representatives have repeatedly denounced kidnapping and killing of civilians. We have nothing to do with any group that acts in an inhumane manner. We call on you and the leaders of the world to exert the greatest pressure on the Bush administration to end its crimes against Fallujah and pull its army back from the city.
When they left a while ago, the city had peace and tranquillity. There was no disorder in the city. The civil administration here functioned well, despite the lack of resources. Our "offence" is simply that we did not welcome the forces of occupation. This is our right according to UN Charter, according to international law and according to the norms of humanity.
It is very urgent that you, along with other world leaders, intervene immediately to prevent another massacre. We have tried to contact UN representatives in Iraq to ask them to do this but, as you know, they are sealed off in the maximum security Green Zone in Baghdad and we are not allowed access to them. We want the UN to take a stand on the situation in Fallujah.
Best wishes, in the name of the people of Fallujah, the shura council of Fallujah, the trade union association, the teachers' union, and the council of tribal leaders
Kassim Abdullsattar al-Jumaily:
President The Study Center of Human Rights & Democracy On behalf of the people of Fallujah and for:
Al-Fallujah Shura Council
The Bar Association
The Teacher Union Council of Tribes Leaders
The House of Fatwa and Religious Education
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Classic guerrilla war forming in Iraq
"Recent upsurge in attacks against authorities and US forces has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies."
Full story
"Recent upsurge in attacks against authorities and US forces has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies."
Full story
Sunday, September 19, 2004
The New York Times > International > Middle East > U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas
The New York Times > International > Middle East > U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Rumsfeld bans camera phones
<"MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today.
Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones."
FULL STORY:
<"MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today.
Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones."
FULL STORY:
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Abu Ghraib: US security fiasco | The Register
Abu Ghraib: US security fiasco | The Register:
"This new festival of human rights violations by the United States government is about revenge for 9/11, not about gathering useful intelligence. It is also about deterrence: it's a symbolic putting of heads on pikes near the city gates to discourage criminals. It is, quite simply, a terror tactic."
Abu Ghraib: US security fiasco | The Register:
"This new festival of human rights violations by the United States government is about revenge for 9/11, not about gathering useful intelligence. It is also about deterrence: it's a symbolic putting of heads on pikes near the city gates to discourage criminals. It is, quite simply, a terror tactic."
Friday, May 07, 2004
Institutional atrocities
As evidence mounts of systematic abuse of prisoners by British and American soldiers in Iraq, no doubt we shall be told that these were the crimes of a rogue element who have besmirched the honour of their respective noble military traditions.
When one considers the record, for instance in the 19th Century the genocide of native Americans directed by war criminals like Custer, and the thousands of Boers and native Africans who died in British concentration camps in South Africa, it is clear that the military traditions of both countries are dishonourable and bloody.
Of the worst war crimes of the 20th Century the following are among the best documented:
The terrible list goes on and on, and continues today.
The Guardian's revelations of the cases of Iraqi civilians who have died after being picked up by UK soldiers in Basra indicate that what is happening in Iraq is not confined to captured soldiery.
Far from being the actions of a rogue minority, these are institutional atrocities deliberately perpetrated against their victims in colonial wars.
When one considers the record, for instance in the 19th Century the genocide of native Americans directed by war criminals like Custer, and the thousands of Boers and native Africans who died in British concentration camps in South Africa, it is clear that the military traditions of both countries are dishonourable and bloody.
Of the worst war crimes of the 20th Century the following are among the best documented:
- the killing of 379 civilians by the British army in the town of Amritsar in India in 1919;
- the beheading of captured guerrillas (also photographed enthusiastically) by British troops in Malaya;
- the machine-gunning of PoWs in Koje prison camp in Korea by US troops in 1952, resulting in over 100 deaths;
(The official reports of the events on February 18 and June 10, 1952, stated:
"The 3rd Battalion of the 27th Infantry Regiment moved in during the early hours of 18 February. Between 1,000-1,500 internees pressed the attack and the soldiers were forced to resort to concussion grenades. When the grenades failed to stop the assault, the UNC troops opened fire. Fifty-five prisoners were killed immediately and 22 more died at the hospital, with over 140 other casualties as against one U.S. killed and 38 wounded.
"On the morning of 10 June, he [Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, assistant division commander of the 2nd Division] ordered Col. Lee Hak Koo to assemble the prisoners of Compound 76 in groups of 150 in the center of the compound and to be prepared to move them out. . . Crack paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team wasted little time as they advanced without firing a shot. Employing concussion grenades, tear gas, bayonets, and fists, they drove or dragged the prisoners out of the trenches. As a half-dozen Patton tanks rolled in and trained their guns on the last 300 prisoners still fighting, resistance collapsed. . . During the two-and-a-half-hour battle, 31 prisoners were killed, many by the Communists themselves, and 139 were wounded. One U.S. soldier was speared to death and 14 were injured.")/li> - British atrocities in Kenya, including the gang-rapes of 650 women by British troops, which are only now coming to light;
- the execution of captured National Liberation Front troops in Vietnam by throwing them from helicopters.
The terrible list goes on and on, and continues today.
The Guardian's revelations of the cases of Iraqi civilians who have died after being picked up by UK soldiers in Basra indicate that what is happening in Iraq is not confined to captured soldiery.
Far from being the actions of a rogue minority, these are institutional atrocities deliberately perpetrated against their victims in colonial wars.
Friday, April 23, 2004
Iraqi Communist Salam Ali talks to the Morning Star about the challenges ahead and his party's strategy
Click on this link to read this interview, which many activists in the anti-war struggle may find offensive. A comprehensive analysis of relations between the Iraqi Communist Party - which supported Saddam Husssein's coup until he assassinated its leaders, and is now part of America's puppet "governing council" -- is in preparation. Meanwhile, comments from readers are welcome.
Click HERE to read the full interview.
Click on this link to read this interview, which many activists in the anti-war struggle may find offensive. A comprehensive analysis of relations between the Iraqi Communist Party - which supported Saddam Husssein's coup until he assassinated its leaders, and is now part of America's puppet "governing council" -- is in preparation. Meanwhile, comments from readers are welcome.
Click HERE to read the full interview.
