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Falluja Table - May 11

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IBC Extracted Falluja News - May 11

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Author
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Title
New Standard
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Dahr Jamail
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ACCOUNTS OF ATROCITIES EMERGE FROM THE RUBBLE OF FALLUJAH
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Mr. Jabur Khani Raad was sitting in a waiting room in the hospital with a splint device on his arm. He told a horrid story of how he and his two brothers were shot by US Marines on April 11th. He said, "We were in the military quarter going to visit some relatives near the Al-Hassan mosque, and they opened fire on us from the rooftops of the houses they occupied."

His 44 year-old brother who was driving, Jabul Nezzar Raad, was killed.

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One of the neighbors, seeing that I was a journalist, came out to tell yet another horrific tale.

His brother, Hussein Mohammad Jergi, was a 43 year-old man who had a mental disability. He wandered out of his home on the same day the car was shot up, only to be shot and injured by the snipers himself.

With tears in his eyes, his brother angrily told the rest of the story. "He was shot and ran into the house. They followed him into our home, took out a big knife and chopped off his feet. Then they shot him in the head. After destroying much of our furniture, and putting shit around my house, they left. This is how they behaved all over Fallujah. We buried my brothers' feet with his body."

Date killed? 11th
Total 1 (Jabul Nezzar Raad, brother of Jabur Khani Raad) +1 (Hussein Mohammad Jergi, mentally disabled man, mutilated then shot)
=2
Civilian / Fighter 2/0
Cumulative deaths [and injuries]

Dr. Abdul Jabbar, an Orthopedic Surgeon, said that it was difficult to keep track of the number of people they treated, as well as the number of dead, due to the lack of documentation. This was caused, primarily, by the fact that the main hospital, which is located on the opposite side of the Euphrates as the city, was sealed off by U.S. Marines for the majority of April.

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Selected info, comment, analysis

Another Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Rashid, said that during the first 10 days of fighting, the U.S. military did not allow any evacuations at all. He said, "Even transferring patients in the city was impossible, you can see our ambulances outside. They also shot into the main doors with snipers of one of our centers."

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Jabur and his other brother were detained and taken to a U.S. base outside the city. His downcast eyes spoke of terror while he said, "They didn't treat me as bad as the others since I was wounded. With the others, they dug holes in the ground and kept them there. I heard their screaming whenever they were being interrogated."

He told of an old man who was unable to walk after being tortured, and added, "Please publish this. People need to know how the Americans are treating Iraqi prisoners. We were starved, given very little food. The soldiers took the better food out of the bags, and gave us what little was left. Then they burned the good food in front of us."

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Then over at where the attack occurred, a man who witnessed the incident said that the body of Jabur's brother was left in the street for a week. He said, "After several days dogs began eating off of it. Then on the 7th day, the soldiers dumped fuel on it and burned it. We were trapped in our house, or we would have tried to bury it; but anyone leaving their homes was shot by them. They knew these men were civilians, because after they had shot up their car, they began stopping other cars that tried to come to the area."

He added that an ambulance had attempted to collect the body on the 5th day, but was shot at by the snipers who occupied the rooftops.

US/military viewpoint

 

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Author
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New York Times
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Ian Fisher
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U.S. FORCES DEMOLISH AL-SADR'S BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS
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Selected info, comment, analysis U.S. Marines entered the restive city of Fallujah on Monday for the first time since a bloody, three-week siege ended last month. The Marines, accompanied by Iraqi forces, remained in the city for about an hour and left without incident.
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