Fresh Fallujah Onslaught Kills 8 Civilians
A TV image shows two children injured in the deadly US
raid
FALLUJAH, Iraq, September 26 (IslamOnline.net & News
Agencies) - At least eight civilians were killed and
up to 20 others wounded in a fresh US onslaught into
the Iraqi city of Fallujah Saturday night, September
25 .
The latest airstrike occurred at about10 : 00pm (
1800GMT) and killed eight civilians, medics told
Al-Jazeera satellite channel.
Two hospitals in the city confirmed receiving eight
dead and 22 wounded including women and children with
residents saying that many remained under the rubble.
Reuters Television pictures showed rescuers pulling
survivors out of the ruins of a destroyed house. Two
women and one child were among those rescued from the
rubble.
Residential Area
Medics say the US raid only targeted civilians (AFP)
The US military claimed that the raid targeted what it
called a meeting place in the northern part of
Fallujah for operatives of presumed Al-Qaeda chief in
Iraq Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi.
�Intelligence sources indicated that approximately 10
terrorists were meeting at this location to plan
operations targeting innocent Iraqi civilians and
multi-national forces,� said the statement.
But an Iraqi journalist however told Al-Jazeera that
the US raid targeted a residential area in the Golan
area of Fallujah.
Abu Bakr Al-Dulaimi said US forces always claim the
targeted sites host followers of Al-Zarqawi, but they
are innocent residents.
At least two homes in the area were destroyed while
others suffered significant damage, an AFP
correspondent in the city said.
Fallujah resistance fighters and residents have
vigorously denied the presence of Zarqawi in their
town, adding they were simply defending their homeland
against occupation forces.
An earlier airstrike overnight Saturday killed seven
Iraqis and wounded11 , including women and children.
At least 56 Iraqis, including women and children, were
killed when US occupation forces launched an overnight
aerial onslaught on Fallujah, according to Iraqi
hospital sources Friday, September17 .
In April, at least 700 Iraqis, mostly women and
children, were killed and1 , 500others injured when
the US occupation forces imposed a tight siege on the
town and intensified air strikes on its
densely-populated areas.
On September18 , Amnesty International blasted the US
for its barbaric raids on Fallujah.
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2: US Blasted for Killing Dozens Of Iraqi Civilians
Fallujah doctors struggle to cope with a flood of
casualties
CAIRO, September18 (IslamOnline.net.net & News
Agencies) - The United States has come under stinging
criticism from ordinary Iraqis and international human
rights groups for killing dozens of civilians in a
number of deadly consecutive air strikes into the
war-battered city of Fallujah.
�Amnesty International is calling for an inquiry into
recent attacks in which civilians were killed in Iraq
in circumstances which may have violated international
law,� the London-based group said in a press release
on its website on Friday, September17 .
The US aerial strikes against Fallujah � populated
by300 , 000people � left more than 60 people dead,
mostly women and children, in a fresh massive
onslaught that started late Thursday, September16 ,
and stretched into Friday.
At least 56 Iraqis, including women and children, were
killed in Thursday night attacks into the restive
city.
As night fell on Friday, a US jet carried out another
strike on the city, firing a missile at a house in the
central Dhubat neighborhood. At least three bodies of
women and children were visible at the scene.
The Iraqi Health Ministry, however, put at 44 the
number of people killed in the deadly air strikes
often described by the US military as �precision
attacks�.
Targeting Civilians
The US military claims that all targets of the raids
were hideouts of Abu Musaab Al-Zarqawi, an alleged
Al-Qaeda operative.
But TV screens showed women and children crying of
bleeding wounds.
�All of the victims of the US shelling were women and
children,� the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS)
said in a statement carried by Al-Jazeera.
The highest Sunni authority in Iraq also called for an
international intervention to put an end to the US
practices.
Mahmmoud Sheil,50 , a tribesman in Fallujah, likened
the killings from the US airs strikes to the slaughter
of civilians under the ousted regime of Saddam
Hussein.
�They [the Americans] say that Saddam is the man of
mass graves, but they are the ones responsible for
these mass graves,� he told the Associated Press.
Sunni leader Sheikh Abdelghafur Al-Samarrai lashed out
at the US military for the bombings.
�If you have intelligence on the location of Zarqawi
and his elements why don't you surround and capture
them?� He asked during his weekly sermon in Baghdad.
Iraqi fighters in Fallujah denied in June25 , the
presence of Al-Zarqawi in their town, adding they were
simply defending their homeland against occupation
forces.
On September9 , press reports and medical sources said
that women and children were among 12 people killed in
an also overnight US missile strike on Fallujah.
Although the US at the time claimed the deaths were
all members of Zarqawi�s group, TV screens splashed
out footages of women and children pulled out from
rubble.
At least 700 Iraqis, mostly women and children, were
killed and1 , 500others injured when the US occupation
forces imposed a tight siege on the town and
intensified air strikes on its densely-populated areas
in April.
Inquiry
The US onslaughts have wounded many children in
Fallujah (AFP)
The US strikes on Fallujah also drew flack from
Amnesty International human rights group, which called
for an inquiry into the killing of civilians in Iraq
by American forces.
Amnesty said in a press release published Friday the
circumstances in which the victims had fallen may have
violated international law.
�There are worrying reports about the mounting
casualties amongst civilians who find themselves
caught in the battle between American troops and
insurgents,� said Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Director of
the Middle East and North Africa Program in Amnesty
International.
�It is time to ask questions about whether these
casualties could have been avoided, and whether
needless deaths could be prevented in the future.�
Citing the latest attacks, the rights watchdog also
referred to the September 12 offensive, which killed
thirteen civilians, including a young girl and a
television cameraman working with Al-Arabiya
television.
�Multinational troops must take necessary precautions
to protect civilians, and respect the principles of
necessity and proportionality,� said Abdel Salam
Sidahmed.
�Amnesty International is seeking clarification of the
measures multinational forces are taking to ensure
that they comply fully with their obligations under
international law.�
Sidahmed said the international or national standards
which they must observe �to take all necessary
measures to contribute to the maintenance of security
and stability in Iraq � remain unclear.
Blood seeped through the blankets and sheets wrapping
the corpses, which were lowered into the graves in
groups of four.
Blood covered the floors of Fallujah general hospital
as doctors struggled to cope with a flood of
casualties, many brought to the hospital in private
cars.
Relatives pounded their chests in grief and shouted
anti-US slogans desperately.
Religious leaders switched on loudspeakers at the
Fallujah mosque, calling on residents to donate blood,
chanting: �God is Great.�
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Leo Imanov
Abdu-lLah
AllahsSlave
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