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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] U.K. Forces Committed Mass Killing In Umm Qasr: Iraqis By Anas Ibrahim, IOL Correspondent http://www.islam-online.net/english/news/2003-04/08/article20.shtml UMM QASR, Iraq, April 8 (IslamOnlin.net) - The U.K. troops in the Iraqi southern port city of Umm Qasr set up mass graves in the city to cover up hard evidence of committing massacres that claimed the lives of some 200 Iraqis in the first days of the war, unleashed on March 20, eyewitnesses told IslamOnlin.net Tuesday, April 8. "One of these graves includes seven martyrs and lies just one kilometer from the city's hospital," they confirmed. They asserted that the British troops left a lot of wounded Iraqis scattered across the streets without treatment, noting that the locals tried to treat them but were prevented by the U.K. soldiers. "They (the U.K. troops) prevented the hospital's doctor from treating the injured and left them bleeding to death," local eyewitness told IslamOnline.net correspondent visiting Umm Qasr. According to locals, Iraqi fighters in Umm Qasr, who remained defending the small city for 10 days before its capture by the U.K. troops, were running out of supplies and resorting to the locals' homes for food. This is the fist time to unveil the mass killing of Iraqi citizens at the hands of the U.K. troops during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Iraqi fighters put up gritty resistance in Umm Qasr until it was captured by the U.K. troops. _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk