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Rights group calls for IDF to probe infant deaths at roadblocks By Moshe Reinfeld The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel yesterday demanded that the Israel Defense Forces chief of staff order an investigation into the deaths of two Palestinian infants. Both died in birth last month after their mothers were delayed at IDF road-blocks en route to hospitals. The organization says Munirah Kabha, 30, from the Jenin area, went into labor on December 6, and the ambulance which was to take her to a hospital in Jenin was held up by a roadblock at the entrance to her home village. After she finally found her way to the ambulance, the vehicle was detained by another security check. The infant died at birth while the ambulance was still on the way to the hospital. The rights group says Adalah a-Seifi, 37, from the Nablus area, lost a child in similar circumstances. After she went into labor on December 10, an ambulance could not make it to her village because of IDF trenches dug around it and road-blocks. She went by car to try to meet the ambulance outside the village, but an Israel defense Forces tank crew would not let her pass through the checkpoint. The infant was born in the car, and died. Hannah Friedman, director of the Committee Against Torture, yesterday said the organization has several times demanded clear orders from the IDF to aid the passage of pregnant women. The army has done absolutely nothing to operate humanitarian procedures in such cases, Friedman charged. Since the intifada began in September 2000, 17 Palestinian infants have died at road-blocks because their mothers have not been allowed to pass the security checks, the organization claims. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
