[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Sandeep Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Recipient list suppressed> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 8:31 AM Subject: Tel A'fer bombing update [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-----Original Message----- >From: Kathy Kelly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 4:09 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: VitW update: Tel A'fer bombing > > >Dear Friends, > >Our Voices in the Wilderness delegation currently in Iraq traveled >yesterday to Mosul and Tel A'fer, intent on interviewing survivors of >the bombing, relatives of victims, and witnesses. A soccer field at >Tel >A'fer was bombed at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19. The VitW team >arrived at noon on Thursday, June 21. They were continuing our five >year effort to communicate the stories and experiences of ordinary >people in Iraq as they endure the effects of sanctions and >bombardment. > >Here are grim details from a telephone conversation with our team >members following their visit to Tel Afr: > >The team spent two hours at the soccer field. They said the site was >strewn with large pieces of bomb debris, two pieces of which bore >English writing with serial numbers and dates. > >Doctors at the Tel A'fer General Hospital told them that of the 23 >people who died, 21 were under age 17. Initially there were 12 >injured >survivors, all but one of whom are under 17 years of age. Three were >referred to the Mosul General Hospital, and of those three, one has >already died. At the Tel A'fer General hospital, delegation members >met >nine boys who suffered blast injuries and were in wretched condition, >with deep lacerations and burns. > >Ahmed Shakur, age 13, suffered deep lacerations to his scapula and >buttocks. He has lost hearing in his left ear. His younger brother, >Ali, was killed. His 39 year old brother, Fatha, was with him. They >said they didn't think the American people would do this and asked, >"Why >has this happened here? Why us? Why now?" > >Omar Hamid Hosain was visibly in pain. He was already handicapped from >polio and suffered a fractured pelvis, a fractured fibula, and had >shell >fragments in his leg. > >One of the women doctors said that most of the victims were related to >each other and lived near each other. Four of the five boys >interviewed >by the team had each lost a brother in the bombing. Taha Naif Hosain, >12 >years old, lost his two brothers, Hamid Naif Hosain and Abbas Naif >Hosain. Taha had full burns across his body, his hair was singed and >his face was swollen so that one of his eyes was half shut. He had a >fractured fibula and tibia. > >At a briefing on Wednesday, June 20 2001, White House spokesperson Mr. >Ari Fleischer suggested that reporters ask the Iraqi government about >responsibility for the killing. > >As in the past, we will want to follow a formula we trust: observe, >judge, act. We'll refrain from drawing final conclusions until we >have >been able to thoroughly evaluate whatever evidence is available. > >We urge the U.S. authorities to: > > i--recognize that, under international law, there is no >justification for US incursions into Iraqi airspace > ii--express remorse and regret for all of the suffering >caused by prolonged economic and military warfare against Iraq, > iii--immediately seek negotiation and dialogue as preferred >nonviolent means to resolve disputes. > >Voices in the Wilderness >1-773-784-8065 >http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw >1460 West Carmen Ave >Chicago IL 60640 > ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
