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in Hillah, one family is having a funeral for 42 family members. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yasser Alaskary" <ya1980@hotmail.com> To: "farbuthnot" <asceptic@freenetname.co.uk>; <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [casi] Mass Graves > if you go to Iraq now and go to the residential areas, almost every house > has a big black banner with either the names or pictures of family members > that were executed by saddam's regime. each house has at least 2 or 3. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "farbuthnot" <asceptic@freenetname.co.uk> > To: <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 11:51 AM > Subject: [casi] Mass Graves > > > > > > [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] > > > > Dear List, > > > > [ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] > > > > Any chance of CASI supporting this? > > The Mass Graves of al-Mahawil: > > The Truth Uncovered > > > > http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/iraq0503/ > > > > Or have the HRW people sold their souls to the devil? > > > > Ahmed > > > > > > I have read the HRW material carefully and it does seem more and more > > extraordinary the - inspite of stated protests - pretty odd that HRW have > > not literally yelled their heads off re the heavy diggers used by US > > military etc to 'help' excavation - and demanded the securing of the sites > > pending forensic experts examination. > > > > I do wonder whether (and here, again in no way am I querying the graves - > > tho' forensic is vital not alone for possible identification and 'closing' > > for relatives, but to really establish numbers) whether the reluctance of > > the military is that they have been told not to intervene as some will be > US > > mass graves from the last Gulf war. First the burying alive of young > > conscripts by US bulldozers, but many soldiers who were on burial detail > > tell me that there are numerous mass graves of differing sizes, all over > the > > south of Iraqi soldiers mown down in 1991 and just buried, with no effort > at > > identification, reporting to the Red Cross/Cresecent etc., collecting of > > identification. > > > > There's a lot of questions raised by the HRW reading, in too much haste to > > touch on others that jumped out at me know, but would be interested in > > others comments. > > > > Maybe Alun is right. In the Balkans when we wanted to find bad buys and > show > > our equally reprehensible and shocking assault (on route to the Caspian > and > > to establish bases there) was justified, care was taken (though the > initial > > claims of vast numbers did dwindle.) Who cares about Iraqis, they are more > > isolated than ever, unable to compain, are only A-rabs - and the US has > > achieved its aim : grabbed the oil. Dead or alive, Iraqis can rot. > > > > Seeing that little boy kiss Blair on the cheek yesterday, too young to > know > > the two generations of children whose lives had been extinguished or > > blighted over the last thirteen years, by a policy Blair backed so > > enthusiastically - as this 'war' - I remembered another kiss on the cheek > in > > the region two thousand years ago, to indicate a betrayal. That placed on > > the chee kofJudas. An unintentional symbolysm. With the pack of lies on > > which the assault was built unravelling by the minute, it may yet come > back > > to haunt him. Let's hope the little mite doesn't die from the effects of > > depleted uranium, in poisoned Basra, like so many before him. > > > > Best, felicity a. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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