-Caveat Lector- UN relief mission report:
Raymond Dolphin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Raymond Dolphin" I was in Jenin camp with the UNRWA distribution team (see below) and believe me it was much worse than any of us had feared with hundreds of houses totally destroyed and who knows how many bodies under the rubble. Ray Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Date: 16 Apr 2002 --------------------------------- UN relief mission to Jenin camp reveals monumental destruction UNRWA/HQ/G/14 Public Information Office HQ Gaza The destruction to Jenin camp looks like the aftermath of an earthquake, according to UN aid workers who accompanied two truckloads of food and medicines into the camp today. The wholesale obliteration of homes, streets and commercial buildings will leave a huge number of Palestinian refugee homeless, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Most shocking of all, the aid teams were told by residents that they hear noises coming from people trapped underneath collapsed buildings but are unable to free them. The Israeli military authorities would allow only limited access to the camp for the two truckloads of aid. Earthmoving equipment cannot currently gain access to the scene nor can the numbers of rescue workers that would be needed to dig survivors to safety. However, there are reports that seven people have been pulled alive from the rubble in the last 24 hours. Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross removed a small number of bodies that were easily accessible, but UNRWA believes many more remain buried beneath the devastation. The Israeli Defence Forces still maintain a heavy presence inside the camp with tanks and internal checkpoints. At one point today a tank parked itself in front of one of UNRWA's half-full food trucks to prevent it distributing its remaining food aid. UNRWA's food and water supplies that did get to distribute their loads were rushed by large crowds, mainly composed of women, desperate to feed their families after 14 consecutive days trapped in the fighting and its aftermath. UNRWA urgently needs to gain unlimited access to the camp to allow it to care for the large numbers of people in need of basic relief supplies. The Agency has large quantities of aid standing outside the camp ready to meet the needs of those inside as soon as its is given free access to carry out its humanitarian mandate. UNRWA installations such as a school and a health clinic were badly damaged in the assault on the camp and were extensively damaged by bullets. Unexploded ordnance remains in the grounds of an UNRWA school and will require profession defusing before the building can be used. UNRWA is endeavouring to re-open its clinic to provide services to the camp residents. The Agency is also planning to set up water supply points in the camp, but will require access from the IDF. Richard Cook, Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank, said: "The reports we are getting are of wholesale destruction of a kind more normally associated with natural disasters such as earthquakes. UNRWA still has not been given full access to the camp, where we believe many thousands of people are still in dire need of food, water and medical attention. We implore the Israeli authorities to open up the camp to allow our relief teams to help its desperate population." -Ends- <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
