Media Release: Human Shield reminds PM "we are signatories to
Geneva Conventions".
Adelaide, Tuesday, 4 February 2003, 0123am
The text of Ruth Russell's letter to the Australian Prime Minister
was released this morning. Ruth Russell is one of the Australians
who have joined the Human Shield in Baghdad. Of the five assessed
sites Ruth has chosen to shield the water supply.
Contact Details:
Ruth is staying in apartment 101 at the al-kagiz apartment block
in Baghdad. Donna, another Australian, is operating the group's press
office. The press office will always know where Ruth is if she needs
contacting. The press office number is: 0011 9641 7192303
If you plan to ring Ruth at her hotel, remember that they are 8
hours behind us. The line is really terrible, faint reception and
is like speaking down an echoing pipe: 0011 9641 717 2639 ask
for room 101.
Contact details at the five assessed sites are:
Taije Food Silo, Taije, Baghdad Ph 885 2846/7 and 885 2842
Jaizert April 7th Water Treatment Plant, 7 Nissan Project,
Baghdad. Ph 4433096
South Baghdad Power Station, Almasbah, Near Al Zquit and near Al
Napaha Company Phone 718952012 Ext 322
Daura Oil Refinery PO Box 2075 Daura Area, Baghdad Manager is Al
Khashab Ph 7750300 satellite phone 4337
Durah Electrical Power Plan, Durah, Baghdad Ph 775 0181 Manager
Janan Matte Behum.
Text of Letter to PM:
John Howard
Prime Minister of Australia
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT.
Dear Sir,
I wish to inform you that I, Ruth Elizabeth Russell, am one of
several Australian citizens who have come to Iraq in opposition to
any proposed war. My concern is in relation to bombing of
defenceless and innocent Iraqi people.
I am part of the human shield movement who have been working with
the United Nations Development Program who have now assessed five
sites in Baghdad as of "humanitarian value". Accordingly, today
all the human shield people are deploying to these five sites in
order to protect them from any proposed bombing as this would be
an act contrary to the Geneva Conventions to which Australia is a
signatory.
The sites human shields will be protecting are:
Taije Food Silo, Taije, Baghdad.
Jaizert (7th April) Water Treatment Plant, 7 Nissan Project ,
Baghdad.
Daura Oil Refinery, Daura, Baghdad
Durah Electrical Power Plant, Durah, Baghdad.
This is my formal notification to you of these sites and their
locations. Any bombing that may occur on these sites I will now
hold you responsible for if Australia joins with the United States
of America in invading Iraq.
I urge you to find a diplomatic, non-violent solution to issues
relating to Iraq.
Yours Sincerely
Ruth Elizabeth Russell
(signed by Denise Tzumli on my behalf as I cannot fax or sign this
email).
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