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this HYPERLINK "http://electroniciraq.net/news/printer1451.shtml"Print this Ewa Jasiewicz , Occupation Watch, 11 April 2004 Ewa Jasiewicz lived in Baghdad and Basra for 8 months while working with Voices in the Wilderness and Occupation Watch. On Friday April 9th, 2004, Ewa spoke to friends and colleagues currently in Iraq. The following contains excerpts from their conversations. Paola Gaspiroli, Italian, from Occupation watch and Bridges to Baghdad: Falluja is under siege. 470 people have been killed, and 1700 injured. There has been no ceasefire. They (Americans) told people to leave, and they have 8 hours to do so. People began to leave, but became trapped in the desert. The Americans have been bombing with B52s. Bridges to Baghdad are pulling out. We have flights booked out of Amman. Tomorrow a team will go to Sadr City to deliver medicines. 50 people have been killed there. The sheikh in Sadr City has told me I should leave. He says that even he can't control his people. Foreigners are going to be targeted. 6 new foreigners have been taken hostage. Of the six, four Italian security firm employees were kidnapped from their car. Baghdad was quiet today except for Abu Ghraib (West Baghdad, where a vast prison is located and is bursting at the seams with 12,000 prisoners). An American convoy was attacked there and 9 soldiers were injured and 27 were kidnapped. That’s right 27. None of the newswires are reporting it though. There are people in the desert. They've left Falluja but they're not being allowed into Baghdad. They're trapped in the dessert, like refugees. It is terrible but the people, Iraqi people, are giving all they can. They’re bringing supplies. Everyone is giving all the help and support they can to Falluja. It is really, really bad. The Americans have been firing on ambulances and snipers are following them. The ambulances cannot get in. I want to stay but I have to go. If I want to come back and be useful, I think its best to leave. It’s getting really dangerous for Italians. We feel like we’re being targeted now. (Italy has a 2500+ force including Carabinieri occupying Nassiriyah which has been subject to a number of resistance attacks including the devastating attack on the Police station which claimed the lives of 4 soldiers, one civilian, one documentary film maker, 12 Carabinieri police and 8 Iraqis.) Palestinian friend with family in Falluja and friends in the Iraqi Islamic Party: We’ve been seeing it with our own eyes. People were told to leave Falluja and now there are thousands trapped in the desert. There is a 13 km long convoy of people trying to reach Baghdad. The Americans are firing bombs, everything they have on them. They are firing on Families! They are all children, old men and women in the dessert. Other Iraqi people are trying to help them. In Falluja the Americans have been bombing hospitals. Children are being evacuated to Baghdad. There is a child, a baby, who had 25 members of his family killed. He’s in the hospital alone without anyone. The Americans are dropping cluster bombs and new mortars, which jump 3-4 meters. They are bombing from the air. There are people lying dead in the streets. They said there would be a ceasefire and then they flew in, I saw them, and they began to bomb. The people are fighting back and they are fighting well. But, we are expecting the big attack in 24-48 hours. It will be the main attack. The Americans will be taking the town street by street, searching and attacking. They did this already in a village near-by, and now they will be doing this in Falluja. People need to protest, go to the Embassies, and get them to do something to stop this. We are having a protest at an American checkpoint tomorrow. Do everything you can. What to Do Please contact active groups in your area. Demonstrations and protests are already scheduled in many cities across the United States and elsewhere. For more complete updates on the situation in Falluja, please visit alternative media websites, including HYPERLINK "http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage"Al-Jazeera Page last updated: 11 April 2004, 00:01 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 2/26/2004 Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="">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 |
