IRAQ: FALLUJAH WAR CRIMES

Quotes:

http://www.news.com.au/common/printpage/0,6093,11389249,00.html

"THE US military said overnight it saw no need for the Iraqi Red
Crescent to deliver aid to people inside Fallujah as it did not think
any Iraqi civilians were trapped inside the city.

"There is no need to bring (Red Crescent) supplies in because we have
supplies of our own for the people," said US Marine Colonel Mike
Shupp.

"Now that the bridge (into Fallujah) is open, I will bring out
casualties and all aid work can be done here (at Fallujah's
hospital)."

He said he had not heard of any Iraqi civilians being trapped inside
the city and did not think that was the case.

The Iraqi Red Crescent believes at least 150 families are trapped
inside Fallujah and that many are in desperate need of food,
blankets, water and medicine.

Some residents still inside the city, contacted by Reuters today,
said their children were suffering from diarrhoea and had not eaten
for several days.

Asked what he intended to do about families and other non-combatants
trapped inside the city, Col Shupp said: "I don't think that is the
case.

"So in a city of 300'000 are no civilians left? Is everybody death or is everybody regarded as a terrorist?."


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=246764
"Hundreds of men trying to flee the assault on Fallujah have been
turned back by U.S. troops following orders to allow only women,
children and the elderly to leave.
...
As it believes many of Fallujah's men are guerrilla fighters, it has
instructed U.S. troops to turn back all males aged 15 to 55."

"which is a war crime"

http://tinyurl.com/5uonk
"Hussein moved from house to house ? dodging gunfire ? and reached
the river.

"I decided to swim ... but I changed my mind after seeing U.S.
helicopters firing on and killing people who tried to cross the
river."

He watched horrified as a family of five was shot dead as they tried
to cross. Then, he "helped bury a man by the river bank, with my own
hands."

"I kept walking along the river for two hours and I could still see
some U.S. snipers ready to shoot anyone who might swim. I quit the
idea of crossing the river and walked for about five hours through
orchards." "

Zitat NY Times:
"The offensive also shut down what officers said was a propaganda
weapon for the militants: Falluja General Hospital, with its stream
of reports of civilian casualties."

"hospitals are now propaganda weapons because the doctors are telling the world how many civillians died and therefore legitimate targets "