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<P><B><FONT size=+1>Allawi denies, International Amnesty confirms the killing of
civilians in Falluja<BR></FONT></B><I>Iraq, Politics, 11/16/2004 <A
href="http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041116/2004111609.html">http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/041116/2004111609.html</A></I></P>
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<P>The Iraqi Interim prime minister Eyad Allawi alleged that he does not believe
that there are civilians who were killed in the attack which resulted in killing
38 America soldiers and 6 Iraqi soldiers and more than 1200 gunmen. However,
statements of witnesses contradicted with his statements. <BR><BR>Members of an
Iraqi relief committee told the Qatari al-Jazeera TV that he saw 22 bodies
buried under the remains in one of Golan Quarters streets in the north of
Falluja on Sunday. Muhammad Farhan Awad said " among the 22 bodies were found
five in one house and also two children, 15 year old, and one man with an
artificial leg. He added "some of the bodies we found were snatched by dogs and
cats. It was a very painful scene." <BR><BR>In London, Amnesty International
concerned with human rights said on Sunday that the rules of war relating to the
protection of civilians and injured fighters were violated by both sides in the
attack which has been continuous since one week against Falluja. The
organization gave examples of what it called violations of the rules by the
American forces and the resistance men and called for investigations in all
violations and to sue those responsible for them. The American and Iraqi
attacking forces were not the only the side which did not take necessary steps
to ensure that non- fighters were exposed to fire, rather the fighters misused
ceasefire banners and opened fire indiscriminately. <BR><BR>The organization
said "Amnesty international fears that civilians were killed because the
conflicting sides did not take necessary measures to protect non combatants and
this is a violation to the International Humanitarian law." Amnesty
International said that 20 Iraqi medical employees and scores others of
civilians were killed when one missile hit a medical clinic in Falluja on
November 9th, according to a story told by a doctor who survived the attack
despite the fact it is not known who fired the missile. In the same day, (
November 9) a nine year old bled to death after he was hit in his stomach. His
parents buried him in their house garden because they were not able to take him
to the hospital because of the fighting. <BR><BR>The organization added that
news reports said that one woman and her three daughters were killed in another
place after their house was bombarded. Amnesty International also said that a
program in the British TV, the Fourth Channel news broadcast a shot on November
11 showing one American soldier opening fire at an injured fighter behind a wall
and commented saying " he passed away." The organization said that "the American
forces have to abide, according to international humanitarian law, by protecting
fighters who are unable to continue fighting." Amnesty International urges the
American authorities to investigate this incident immediately."</P>
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