Third Periodical Report on Human Rights Situation in Iraq - December 2005

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Monitoring of Human Rights in

IraqThird Report 30 December, 2005

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Report No. : 3

Date: 30. Dec. 2005

Third periodic report of

Monitoring Net ofHuman Rights in Iraq

MHRI

2005 / Baghdad


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His Excellency Kuffi Annan

Secretary General of United Nations

New York

ExcellencyOur net has been honored to show you our first and second reports about the

violations of human. Even though the UNHCR in Geneva has only sent an official reply

in 6. Feb. 2006 about the first report, we present the 3rd periodic report of our net to yourhighness about the situation of human violation for the duration from October up to the

end of the year 2005. We repeat our being readiness to bring all the proofs, witnessesandevidences that ensure what's mentioned in our net reports no matter of the risks anddifficulties we work through.

Excellency

As we repeat our demand to investigation of what came in the three reports

accordance with the authority of theUNHCR based on the General Assembly of the UNresolution 141 / 48 (Item 4) issued in 20. Dec. 1993 to the investigation of the serious

human violation in Iraq and to move the findings of that investigation to the UN to makethe suitable decisions for the protection of Iraqi human rights who are daily killed!

The decision of re-appointing the private reporter and his return has become

with more insisting and importance now more than any other time, so all the activists ofhuman rights are seeking for the most simple right of theirs where the UN takes a serious

decision for the re-appointing of the private reporter of the human rights in Iraq to study

and observe all violations and crimes still savagely take place more than any other time

and threaten our country for a sectarian war.

Excellency

The Iraqi people hope that the UN will support these legal demands and offerthe more of the efforts to protect human rights for all the Iraqis and have an end to all

those daily violations through encouraging the supremacy of law, returning of the real

sovereignty and end all the occupation left behind problems in our country.

Sincerely


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Muhamad Al-DarrajiDirector of the Monitoring Net of Human Rights in Iraq ( MHRI)

Mobile Iraq: 00964 7901615665 & Mobile Jordan: 00962 796646877

Thuraya:008821625072291, http //www.mhrinet.orgE-mail: [email protected]& [email protected]

Mis. Louiza Arbour

High commissioner of the UNHCR / UnGeneva

Our net has been honored to show you our first and second periodical reports

through the office of human rights in the mission of the UN in Iraq which is subordinatedto UNHCR, even though we received an official reply dated in 6. Feb. 2006 from you

through Mr. Faraj Fnesh about the first report.

We realize that our demand in re-appointing the private decider of human rightsin Iraq needs the agreement the member countries in the human rights committee, while

the possibility of presenting it to that committee is falling under the duties of the UNHCR

as we think. As we repeat our demanding for the investigating of what came in the lasttwo reports in addition to the our third report, and according to the resolution of the

General Assembly of the UN 141 / 48 ( Item 4) dated in 20. Dec. 1993 to the

investigation of the serious human violation in Iraq and to move the findings of that

investigation to the UN to make the suitable decisions for the protection of Iraqi humanrights who are daily killed!

The decision of re-appointing the private reporter and his return has becomewith more insisting and importance now more than any other time, so all the activists of

human rights are seeking for the most simple right of theirs where the UN takes a serious

decision for the re-appointing of the private reporter of the human rights in Iraq to study

and observe all violations and crimes still savagely take place more than any other timeand threaten our country for a sectarian war.

The Iraqi people hope that the UN will support these legal demands and offerthe more of the efforts to protect human rights for all the Iraqis and have an end to all

those daily violations through encouraging the supremacy of law, returning of the real

sovereignty and end all the occupation left behind problems in our country.
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Sincerely

Muhamad Al-Darraji

Director of the Monitoring Net of Human Rights in Iraq (MHRI)

Mobile Iraq: 00964 7901615665 & Mobile Jordan: 00962 796646877

Thuraya: 008821625072291, http //www.mhrinet.org

E-mail: [email protected]& [email protected]

Table of Contents:Summary 6Chapter one: International Human Law: 8

First: Collective Punishment 8Second:War crimes and crimes against humanity 11

1. Crimes of the American Troops 11

Chapter two:1. Crimes of Iraqi Government forces

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2. Forces of death ( Death Squads ) 37Chapter Three: Baidc rights

1. Demographic changes4343

2. Displacement 49

3. Woman Rights 50

4. Childrens rights 54

5. Youth rights 56

Chapter Four :Civil and Political Rights:1. Freedom of journalism

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2. Freedom of religion and belief 61

Chapter Five :Economical, sociological, and cultural rights:1. Environment Pollution

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652. Education 65

3. Cultural Rights 68

4. Emigrates and refugees rights 69

5. Legislations 69

6. Ruling the country
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Institutional considerations

Administrative corruption

Protection of human rights activists

Economical, sociological, and cultural rights

Economical supply card petroleum

Economical strategy

Agricultural sector

Health

Food and waterEnvironment

Education

Cultural rights

Emigrates and refugees rights

Legislations

Ruling the country

Al-Aemma bridge incident

RecommendationsAppendices:


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Summary:The observer to the daily events in Iraq will find that the violations

to the Iraqi human rights are very serious and methodical. The daily killing we see in

Iraq for tens of Iraqis, random collective arresting with no legal or human justifications,

sectarian killing and executions out of the law range are all the best proof. So, we don't

find it strange that there is a race between many political sides to accelerate the

establishment of their own special dictatorships that can fulfill their ambitions and

achieve their political agendas in controlling and distribution of influence inside Iraq for

the sake of dividing the wealth as if it's their personal possessions.

That's why the proceedings and legislation of the present Iraqi

governments to ensure that theory. From one side it claims to fight the administrative

corruption and who works on it while it gives a full rein to responsible persons to take

decisions which are contrary to the Iraqi and international law under untrue names and

work under those names to finish their settlements with their opponents. According to

what's been mentioned in the speech of the personal representative of the UN secretary-

general in front of the Security Council dated in 21. Sep. 2005 , the most important

challenges that faced the mission of the of the UN to aid Iraq UNAMI were:

Encouraging and consolidation of the national conciliation through the policies

characterized participation, transparency and response to improve the standard of the

daily deteriorated security.

Respecting the Iraqi ownership of the political process and

strengthening the state security. Developing of the practices of rational rule and

building abilities of the establishment. Encouraging the international and regional sides

to support the transitional period in Iraq.

If we compare that with the daily tragic Iraqi factual situation as

much as it's related to the first item, we'll find that sectarian and ethnic sectioning and

ethnic allegiance were most prominent and more than consolidating the national

conciliation or keeping the national unity. In spite of talking about democracy and

alternating authority, but demanding for the federalism once, and disunion once again

are still continuous with the excuse of not giving the opportunity to dictatorship central


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authority. Then why do the groups dominating the present Iraqi government refuse an

of an Arabic national conciliation initiative by the League of Arab States although there's

a pressing need to it in this specific time.

About the second item, we have to ask how can the security of the

state can be strengthened under the existence of the militias and military forces who

refuse to merge in the official state systems. Besides, how can the army and security

forces be formed from militias of the political parties but not from independent sides?

The allegiance of those military and security establishments will mainly be to those

parties but to the law supremacy of law and Iraqi united state.

About the third item, and in spite of the activities done by the mission

of the UN to the present Iraq government related groups to be trained on transparency

subject and rational rule, but we find that the administrative corruption and bribes

either during Ayad allawi government or jaffari present government never changed

anything of the corruption while it had many shapes as some of them are cleared in this

report. Iraq has become one of the most countries where corruption is in all the state

systems.

About the fourth item, what is to be sorry for is that the regional and

international encouraging to this transitional period was to be characterized by financial

support and the increasing of experiences and training the groups related to the

government in a non-programmed way, but came to be employed for the support of the

benefits of the occupation countries and add legitimacy for their actions in Iraq. With the

excuses of supporting the Iraqi people there's a disregarding of the condemnation of

actions of the occupation forces and Iraqi authorities from the dispersion of wealth,

shameful systematic breaking of human rights, effacement of the Iraqi national

identity, exciting the tribalism spirit and sectarianism, In spite of the claims of

sovereignty authority transferring that is more than protection and application of the

law standards and international covenants of human rights.


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Chapter one:International Humanitarian Law:First: Collective Punishment

The operations of the collective punishment has become the most clearsign of the American forces practice in Iraq. What's to feel sorry for are the Iraqi

units newly founded inside the ministry of defense and interiorwhen they have

been trained for such operations. For the excuses of looking for terrorists, or to

destroy the insurgents, wide military operation have been done and still going on

in many Iraqi town that resulted to the most ugly violations to the rules of the

international humanitarian law. The most appeared results of those military

operations were the fully turning of towns and residential neighborhoods into

collective cemeteries of the civilian population. The American forces used

excessive force against unarmed civilian mostly without any proportionality of

weapons the resisters had in the places where there is resistance. The mostdanger is that the those operations will be concentrated in towns of a majority of

a specific doctrine who refused occupation and its results what makes the

describing of those operations as a genocide to the members of this doctrine

nearer to actuality. It's so terrifying all that could happen under the view and

hearing of the international society and international organizations, and the

crimes come successively with no condemnation and international investigation

as if the goal through this is to efface the facts as long as the side that is

breaking owns a hideous force. May be some of this silence comes as a response

to what the American administration is trying to show that who resists the

occupation are terrorists want to control the region and then the whole world,and that they should be annihilated using all means!! The most clear examples to

what we said:

1. The crime of killing 40 persons in Albu Obaid and albu Farraj:The Arabic, western and international media reported in 17. Nov. 2005 reported

by the Pentagon that the American military planes targeted a group of terrorists

in Ramadi and killed 70 armed. The truth is that there was a bomb targeted an

American armored vehicle in Sunday, 15. Nov, which is the same day voting for


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the constitution. That was IN Abu Obaid village in the eastern suburbs of

Ramadi town. That operation resulted of five American killed soldiers who were

on that armored vehicle. In the day after, while a crowd of people were gathering

around the remains of the armored vehicle, an F- 15 American fighter shot a

missile towards the crowd and killed twenty immediately.

To justify that massacre, the American forces claimed that those

twenty (terrorists) were trying to lay a bomb in the same place of the

destroyed armored vehicle! While the eye witnesses showed us that

those victims were all civilians, and many children were among them

with the crowd around the destroyed armored vehicle curiously like

always. Sa'ad jawad, a clan chief in the area told us that twenty five

civilians have been killed because of that new massacre. Then the

American fighter continued its vengeful round to the people of

Ramadi to bombard a building in Albu Farraj village and killed

fourteen civilians with a ten years old boy among them.


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Second: War crimes and crimes against humanity:1. Crimes of the American Troops:

A former solider from the American army uncovered the

horribleness his battalion did against Iraqi civilians through the

American invasion in 2003. The former sergeant, Jimmy Messy

said after publishing his book in Paris in November / 2005 that

the training of the American strengthened violence tendency of

those forces which later inflamed the resistance movement seen

in Iraq now. Messy said: "The attack that the Iraqi people were

treated with at the start of the invasion was the main reason in the

daily attacks that targeted the American forces and Iraqis." Jimmy

Messy, who served for twelve years as a solider in the marines and

spent three months in Iraq before he was demobilized with a rank

of honor after his injury talked about those crimes in his book

"kill!! Kill!! Kill!!" which he wrote in cooperation with the French

journalist Natasha Solner and published in France. Messy's, wholeft Iraq in May, 2003 composed his book after he left the army

after deep depression because of the war. Messy said "This

experience of writing helped me to bandage my wounds and close

many chapters in my life and answer many questions. The former

marines solider mentioned in his book that he was responsible for

a platoon in the third battalion of the seventh fighting team where

he was charged with the checking points and providing military

cover against armed elements. He said that his platoon killed

more than thirty civilians in Iraq in 2003 within a month and a

half. He added: "As a matter of fact, we raised violence." In hisbook, he reviewed an accident took place in April, 2003 when

some elements of the marines took the initiative to shoot fire

against ten of unarmed strikers (nearby Al Rasheed military

complex to the eastern south of Baghdad) who were holding

banners against the American forces saying: "Go back home."

Only when they heard a sound of a gunshot. Messy said that he

shot twelve shots, and only one striker could escape. He also


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added: "Al Rasheed complex accident became clear in a

quietness moment and realized that we based the general method

to what Iraqis see and we ourselves showed the savageness with

our action." Messy also tells how did he consult the chief officer

and told him that the American military campaign's "Like

annihilation" and "The only goal was oil and gains." The former

solider said that this widespread violence among the American

soldiers is a result of a training ratified by the highest offices in

the American leadership. In his book, he considered Abu Ghraib

scandals of torturing done by American military forces to

prisoners was only an indication of the problem indications. In his

book, Messy confirmed that the military directions tell the

soldiers: "Every human is a possible terrorist." It raised fears and

panic inside the marines' souls. Messy accused the administration

of the American president George Bush that it's responsible for

"Horribleness, and killing actions committed at the checking

points." Referring to the French copy of the book presented in

markets now. From another side, the spokeswoman of the

Pentagon alleged that Messy's presenting has been investigated

before and it was proved as not correct.

The American forces existing in AlQayim broke into Al-Obaidi

village in 6. Nov. 2005 and arrest a big number of the population

including a girl of seventeen years old from Albu-mahal clan. The

occupation forces exploded three houses later, after evacuating

their residents.

The correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA)

reported that the American planes bombed the are of Al-Taji

shore (Al-Tajiyat) at 2:00 a.m. after midnight of Wednesday-

Thursday in 10. Nov. 2005. The number of victims was big

because of the bombing, there were children and women. At dawn

of Thursday, the whole area was surrounded and started a wide

operation of breaking into and checking included houses and

farms. Not any declaration announced by the American forces

about that accident.

The American forces were doing a night breaking in AL-Dhiluiya

three days ago on Saturday, 24. Dec. 2005 at 9:00 p.m. They

arrested many persons after the execution of three shot to death


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after in front of their family's eyes after letting them be by the

wall of Ahmed Kareem's (dead) house. They were:

1. Dhirgam Shia' Mahmood.

2. Fouad Obaid.

3. Ahmed Kareem.

All of them were relatives and neighbors living in Khazraj area.

The American forces were breaking into the houses of Al-

Makhlabi neighborhood and Aziz Balad through in 23-26 of Dec.

2005. They American forces destroyd the furniture, robbed money

and humiliated the civilians.

The American forces kept on the siege to Tal Al-Dhahab village in

Yathrib district / Al-Dhuluiya town from 12. Dec. 2005 up to 13.

Jan. 2006 preventing entering of going out. They also did an

arresting campaign, breaking into, killing animals and burning the

house of a citizen. Besides, the American forces cut off the road

that links Baghdad to Mosil and Yathrib Al-Dhuluiya. It's a main

road and important to the families to get public services for their

lives and staying.

The American forces shot fire against civilians when doing

checking campaigns in many streets and lanes of Ramadi, the

biggest town in Al-Anbar, to the west of Iraq in 12. Nov. 2005. A

medical source informed in Al-Ramadi Public hospital that the

hospital receives twelve dead bodies shot with bullets in different

places of their bodies. He informed that five of those victims were

from the employees of Al-Anbar governorate health office, three

were employees in electricity office, three were employees in Al-

Ramadi secondary school in addition to two from the collage of

medicine / Al-Anbar university.

The American forces slaughter Khudhayir Fazza' Al-Zobayi infront of his house:

The American forces broke into Al-Azzam village in western Al-

Radhwania town in 11. Oct. 2005 after the afternoon prayer. They

started checking the houses and farms. That force broke into the

house of Khudhayir Fazza' Al-Zobayi by force and he wasn't there at

that time. When the force asked his family about the place he exists

the family answered that he's in the farm. Two soldiers went and

brought him in front of the house after letting his family be out. They


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put him tied in front of one of the neighbors houses and the soldiers

started torturing him by hitting him with wooden pegs and an iron

hammer where pieces of meat belongs to the victim were found on.

They conducted his body to electricity and the neighbors heard his

screaming and saying the Islamic testify. The forces left quickly after

they made sure of his death according to the victim's family

informing. The neighbor who was tied too heard his crying and

saying the Islamic testify, then the soldiers ran in a hurry to their cars

and left. When the family of the martyr got into the house, they found

him slaughtered and after burying him by his family, the same force

broke into the house of Ibraheem Khaleel and hit him with his son

Khalid. On their way out, they met his other two sons Muhammad and

hamid, so they hit them too. The victim's neck looked as if he was

slaughtered by a knife which showed the hideousness of the

occupiers and its going deep into violation to people, and the victim's

pictures proved. The signs of this kind of crimes started appearing for

there're more than a situation happened to many innocent civilians.


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The American forces shot fire against Mr. Ra'ad Salim Hammoudi,

Mosil sport club trainer in 08. Oct. 2005 and killed him while he was

driving in the fifth tunnel bridge before sunset prayer while he was on

his way back home with his friend where both were killed. What's

worth mentioning is that the victim was working in Musil club before

and he started training Aqra club after leaving Musil club. He's

considered as one of the important trainers in Iraq who contribute to

support sport, football (soccer) and supported the activities of sport

teams in Ninawa governorate.

The American forces prevented the Iraqi red crescent from reaching

the families living outdoors in Khalidiya town in 27. Dec. 2005

morning to give aids to people after they seized their lands and swept

away their orchards. The man who's in charge of aid team heading to

the victim village, Mr. Nezar Ahmed passed on that the occupation

forces threatened to bomb an of the Iraqi red crescent that goes into

the area, and asked for an official letter from the government allows

authorizes the team to give the aid in an attempt to stop the aid from

being to people.

Fourteen Iraqis died in 26. Dec. 2005. There were children, women

and old men among the dead after the second night they spent


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outdoors because the occupation forces threw them out of their

houses, swept their arable lands and has been used as a military

base. Passed on by a medical source in Khaldiya, Albu-Hzayim village

that fourteen Iraqis spent the second night yesterday outdoors during

biting coldness wave that hit the area. They were four women, three

children and too old men and five other persons. They were taken to

Khaldiya hospital. Our correspondent added passed on the medical

source: "It was clear appeared that they had a clot in their minds with

rigor in their legs while they were outdoors.

The American army announce through the speakers that they would

withdraw from Karabla town after the military airplanes have

destroyed %50 of the town, and specially the contractors street (Al-

Mukawileen st.) where %90 of it was destroyed. Too many civilians

were killed and there were families couldn't leave their houses and

mostly all were annihilated. Al-Karabla people called in a message to

the media asking for the speed of telling about the image left by the

bombing.

The American war planes bombed a house in the district 12th of Rabi'

Al-Awwal (Rabi' I) inside Hsaiba to the west of Iraq. The bombing

caused the killing and injured many of the people living in the house.

The American forces bombed Al-Batha village one day before that

accident. A police officer asked not to mention his name for security

purposes when calling him by phone said: "The American started the

bombing around a house after midnight until dawn." And he didn't

know the number of the victims whom they were transferred from Al-

Batha village nearby Karabla to Al-Qayim hospital. In the hospital, Dr.

Ammar Al-Marsumi said that he thinks that forty civilians were killed

and twenty injured. He added that life guards were still searching to

pick up bodies from under the debris. Later, another doctor in the

hospital whose name's Ahmed al-Aani that 42 dead bodies were

moved to the hospital after the air attack, where women and children

were among them. Mohammed al-Karbuoli, a local tribal leader and

from the air bombing said: "no existence of armed in this area. All are

peaceful families."

The American forces with Iraqi forces joined them started a wide

combing operation called "The raging bull" looking for suspected

armed in the area of Salman pack (Historical Al- Mada'ain town) at the


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dawn of Monday, 31. Oct. 2005. The participants in the operation

were 150 of what's called (wolves brigade) subordinated to the

Ministry of Interior with a similar number from the third infantry

division in the American army in addition to a battalion from the

cavalry. The American occupation army mentioned that the operation

on that town, fifteen kilometers south of Baghdad aimed to arrest

about one hundred of the armed elements. Responsible men in the

occupation army referred to arrest about forty armed in the first three

hours since the start of the operation according to their allegation.

The city was exposed to wide sectarian cleansing campaigns many

months ago undertaken by systems subordinated to Al-Ja'ffari

government which made tens of families living there, while many

other families sent an S.O.S. call to the international organizations to

interfere to stop the sectarian cleansing the area has been exposing

to by the hands of governmental militias subordinated to the police of

Kut governorate, 200 km to the south of Baghdad even though Al-

Mada'ain is related to Baghdad administratively. Acknowledging that

the police and national guards are mostly formed from elements

coming from militias of parties following hateful sectarian method in

treating the Iraqis. The tribes council of Al- Mada'ain town sent an

S.O.S. call to the honorable and of the alive humanitarian conscience

in and out of Iraq demanding of rescuing the town and to conserve

women's honor. The call referred to the big number of the forces

from Wasit and Maysan "attacked Al- Mada'ain town (Salman pack)

and broke into houses and stores of innocent civilians and arrested

1315 (One thousand, three hundred and fifteen) persons including a

number of children and women. They also stole many cars of the

civilians and from their private properties like money and valuable

minerals." The tribes council accused the governmental forces and

American occupation forces that they were behind the campaign. The

call issued by the council at that time said: "the operations are still

going on until now, heard and seen, and with the bless from the

occupation forces and other governmental official systems. The

aimlessly arresting operations were with no judicial orders." The call

also demanded the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights and other

organizations to stop that campaign.


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The American war planes bombed Al-Karabla area in Al-Anbar

governorate in 29. Oct. 2005 which led to death of twenty five

martyrs who were all civil citizens.

The occupation war planes bombed Al-Obaidi district in Al-Anbar

governorate in 31. Oct. 2005. The bombing led to more than forty

martyrs; most of them were were civilians. There was also a big

number of wounded and pulling down houses on the heads of their

residential.

On Thursday, 03. Nov. 2005, the first day of the Eid at 12:30 after

midnight, the occupation forces started an airdrop using ten

helicopters supported by a fighter plane. They bombed the area

around the second Al-Sayafia village, south of Dora town in the

capital Baghdad. The citizens were unarmed and sleeping in their

houses. Then the American forces started burning the house of the

citizen (Ali Ahmed Ibraheem) with all the furniture, contents and his

own car, Suzuki 1984 and the power generator of the house. then

they arrested the citizens and took them to unknown place:

1. Ahmed Hussein Alwan (Sick, handicapped, can't move and he's

been arrested by carrying him on a litter).

2. Hamdan Hussein Alwan (War handicapped with his leg cut).

3. Majid Ahmed Hussein.

4. Mahmood Ahmed Hussein.

5. Ala'a Ahmed Hussein Alwan.

6. Mahmood Ahmed Hussein Alwan.

7. Hadi Hamdan Hussein.

8. Ali Hamdan Hussein.

9. Abbas Hamdan Hussein.

10.Hamza Hamdan Hussein.

11.Asa'ad Hamdan Hussein.

12.Ahmed Salman Reja Al-Tayi.

13.Ali Ahmed Ibraheem Khaleel Al-Tayi (His house was entirely

burnt with all contents with a Suzuki ca 1984 and a power

generator by the occupation forces).

14.Waleed Salman Ahmed Al-Tayi.

15.Salman Ahmed Ibraheem Al-Tayi.

The Italian official news channel Ray News 24 transmitted on 08. Nov.

2004 a documentary program included evidences and facts that


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condemn the American forces for using chemical weapons in their

barbarous attack against the Iraqi town Falluja in November, 2005.

The shown documents assured "Using the white phosphorous bombs

by the American forces in their attack against the town." The program

that came under the title " Falluja, the hidden massacre" included

evidences of former American officers and a show of a film "

documents" using the white phosphorous bombs by the American

forces and the affection on the population of the town, women and

children. The Italian channel also mentioned that the recorded tape "

contradicts" the declaration of the American Ministry of Foreign

Affairs issued in 09. Dec. 2005 mentioned that using the white

phosphorous was only to lighten the "enemy's" locations in town.

Where it showed the use they described as a " Barbarous" of the white

phosphorous and Napalm by the American forces that hit the

unarmed civilians of Falluja population. "White phosphorous" used in

making burn bombs with the quality of fast evaporation and flames

as soon as touching the air causing fire and strong flame clouds of

high heat. Using white phosphorous isn't only used to lighten to

expose the enemy's location during the night, for sometimes it's filled

in hand bombs, artillery ammunition and missiles projects. The

American Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurried up to deny that news

claiming as usual that it was untrue claims, while the sources of the

Pentagon confessed in the end of using it in a clear disparagement

way as a weapon against the fighters in town for those weapons don't

recognize civilians from fighters who stayed in town. The number of

the civilians who stayed in town was estimated as about 40.000 (forty

thousands) civilians according to the UN reports mentioned in the

Italian film. Referring to the American forces joined by Ayad's Allawi

governmental forces have done many war crimes and genocides in

Falluja included finishing off the wounded people and aimlessly

bombing against the town. Iraq statistics said that tens of thousands

from Falluja population were killed or be vagrants for the claims of

the existence of terrorism in town.

The American forces broke into houses of safe people in Al-

Habbaniya town in Al-Anbar governorate on Tuesday, 08. Nov. 2005;

and they started savagely checking the houses. The old man haj

Shalal Khalifa said that the breaking into forces used sound and


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smoke bombs and mistreated him while he's in bed. Then they moved

to the house rooms to hit women and children, broke the furniture

and terrified women, children and the safe population.

A big joint force of the American army and Iraqi police made a raid of

wide arresting campaign in Al-Mujamma' village subordinated to Al-

Nahrawan district in Diyala governorate at dawn of 13. Nov. 2005

when they arrested tens of the population. On the other hand, the

American forces bombed using tanks bombs the two areas of

Hudayda and Hibhib subordinated to Obaid area in the same

governorate resided by Obaid caln. There were many victims and

wounded that couldn't be known. The Iraqi police and national guards

closed the entrances of Baquba town (Governorate center) and

stopped the cars movement inside. Those forces were highly

deployed in town without knowing the reasons for that. There were

also about thirty persons arrested in Al-Tahreer neighborhood. The

population of the neighborhood confirmed assured that those forces

had a list of the names whom they wanted to arrest.

A doctor from the Iraqi Red Crescent said that more than fifty dead

bodies were found inside the garbage of western Hsayba town in Al-

Anbar governorate nearby the Syrian borders which was invaded by

forces led by the United states this week in an attack aiming for the

armed. About two thousands, five hundreds American and one

thousand Iraqi soldiers started the operation Steel Curtain one week

ago since this date around western Hsayba town subordinated to Al-

Qayim town in Al-Anbar governorate. Those forces have done a

searching campaign from one house to another looking for the armed

and destroyed a number of houses in air strokes. The American army

said that one hundred and eighty armed were arrested, and at least

thirty six escaped in the operation that kept on going on in Karabla

town on Friday. They also said that about nine hundreds civilians

escaped from the town and there were near places for them to live

induring the operation. While the population started gradually being

back home in the last few days, Dr. Sayf Al-Ani who works for the red

crescent in Al- Qayim said that they found forty five dead bodies at

least inside the garbage included some women and children. No

respond came from the American army about the questions of the

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civilians, and referred to an accident previously when five civilians

were killed in a house after they have been arrested by armed men as

hostages in the building. The American army previously accused

doctors in the West of Iraq to distort facts on purpose about the

number of the killed civilians after the American attacks.

A number of Al-Qayim town population said in 12. Nov. 2005 that

American war planes threw internationally prohibited cluster bombs

during the aggression against the town on many sides inside Karabla

and Hsayba towns. The families said that American war planes threw

different sizes bombs on many places of Al-Qayim and the nearby

villages including cluster bombs let to many civilians killed, where the

outcome of victims of the wide American attack on both Al-Qayim

and Karabla under the name (operation Steel Curtain) hasn't known

yet. It was aiming to destroy the armed there and prevent the

entrance of the foreign fighters as the American army declaration

said. While medical sources in al-Qayim said that the humanistic

situations were very difficult and complicated. Dr. Mohammed al-

Azzawi from the Al-Qayim public hospital said that town's living

under the strong pressure of artillery and air bombing, and there's no

possibility to reach to the attacked places the houses in the town

faces because of the curfew there. Besides, the hospital is suffering a

great lack of medical equipments because of the American attacks.

He's warning from a humanistic catastrophe threatening the town

unless the international humanitarian organizations interfere to stop

the bleeding in that area.

The British forces broke into and surrounded many safe houses in the

popular Al-Garma town in Basrah governorate in 13. Dec. 2005 and

arrested one of the citizens with the charge of terrorism.

A number of detainees sat-in Al-Shoayba airbase protesting for not

respecting the sanctity and holiness of the Holy Koran, the book of

Allah what made the occupation forces get angry after they

trespassed the detainees hitting them. Many Basri parties demanded

for an investigation about the subject.

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Louiz Arbor, the chief of UNHCR of the UN called on Friday, 18. Nov.

2005 to conduct an international investigation about the conditions in

the Iraqi prisons after serious indictments of violations against

detainees in an arresting center subordinates to the Ministry of

Interior. The Iraqi government declared to conduct an investigation in

discovering one hundred seventy three prisoners have been suffering

from malnutrition, in some other positions been beaten so bad and

some of them have signs indicate to their been exposed to torture.

The UNHCR of the UN said in a declaration that according to theincreasing of international worries level and the importance to restore

to confidence Iraqis, then the conduct to an interior investigation may

not be enough. Arbor said in a declaration during showing the

organized nature as it seemed and also the problem size and the

importance of the public idea trust in any investigation, I (Arbor) urge

the authorities to look for the call to conduct an international

investigation. Her call reflexes demands of politicians from the Arab

Sunni for an international investigation in the claims that a militia

related to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior was behind the torturing and

violating detainees. The American forces found the well-fortifiedbuilding in a cellar under the ground during a raid on Sunday, 13.

Nov. 2005 and found one hundred thirty seven detainees (Men And

boys) suffering from malnutrition and signs of hard beating and

torture were clear on them. The American embassy informed Iraq on

Thursday, 17.Nov. 2005 that they will not forgive the violations

against detainees or the militia interfere in the arresting escalating

pressure on the government after uncovering the secret prison. Jim

Bullock, spokesman of the embassy to the journalists in Baghdad

while he's reading in a declaration "We clearly clarified to the Iraqi

government that there shouldnt be a role for the militias or sects on

the security forces, establishments and Iraq ministries. He added "We

will not forgive any violation on detainees in Iraq. One situations

seems very much in every where, and the Iraqi government must take

steps to guarantee that it won't happen once again. Besides, the

American forces discovered another secret prison this week nearby

the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad where more than one hundred and

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tortured. Prime Minister Ibraheem Al-Jaffari promised for a full

investigation about what happened in that prison and pointed one of

his representatives for the investigation. However, the investigation

is still of unknown end after it's been clear that the purpose of the

investigation was to obliterate the milestones to prevent it from

affecting the elections results which was held in 15. Dec. 2005, and

the impression of uncovering that prison from international anger

when Mr. Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general called for a full

investigation. That discovering came after more than a year of

uncovering the bad treatment of the American forces for the

detainees in Abu-Ghraib prison. In a previous time on Thursday, 17.

Nov. 2005, the Iraqi Minister of Interior, Bayan Jabor, denied all those

claims and said that the prison wasn't secretly and all the detainees

were legally arrested. He added that only five of them seemed to be

beaten. Two hours later after Jabor's declaration, the American

declaration came and seemed to aim the pressure on the government

to investigate without a delay. Bullock said: " The Prime Minister

agreed a plan of six items to deal with all claims about the detainees

exposed to violation." He added that the USA will assist investigations

and said that among the support will be offered by elements from

the American Ministry of Justice and FBI. He demanded politician

leaders to conduct an international investigation for the charges that

the militias related to the Ministry of Interior is responsible for the

torturing and offense to the prisoners. Badr organization, the main

Shiite militia that relates powerfully with the Ministry of Interior and

the most powerful party in the government, denied on Wednesday,

16. Nov. 2005 any involvement or relation with the cellar scandal. The

majority of those who were found in the cellar were Arab Sunni. The

Iraqi and international media means spread terrifying stories on

Thursday, 17. Nov. 2005 about the way some prisoners have been

treated with. Mohammed Dahham, chief of a group working on

protecting detainees and prisoners to said to Reuters that he found

tools in the cellar used for torturing like saws to cut legs and hands

and tools to detach skin from the body. While the Minister of Interior

Bayan Jabor said that: "this can't be accepted and the claims of those

tools used to cut legs and hands are in vain." Without presenting what

proves his talk. He said that Iraq is committed to Geneva convention


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about dealing with war prisoners. He also asked an invitation to NGO

and media means to have a look at any prison ran by the Ministry of

Interior. He denied that the Ministry aims at Sunni people saying that

the Shiite were among the detainees in the building where twenty

nine officers were commissioned with supervising it. The building's a

framework where half of it is under the ground and the other half is

on the ground. Jabor said that all the prisoners have been arrested

according to the arrest warrant when he described them all as

dangerous (Terrorists) and they will get their punishment through the

judicial system. The cellar scandal excited international criticisms.

Mr. kofi Annan, UN secretary-general expressed his worries when he

visited Iraq at the beginning of last week for the first time since the

overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, but he welcomed al-jaffari

declarations that any experience like that is conflicting with the

government policy. The international silence towards demanding

uncovering the results of the investigation by Iraqi the government

and not giving the permission to the UNHCR to send independent

investigators is what to feel sorry for

Many places in Iraq are exposed to serious sectarian violations

where political, official and religious militias participated in. The most of

those places are the Sunni areas that are exposed to repeated campaigns

of arresting and detaining innocents by the hands of the governmental

forces as the victims claimed, and we'll show you one of those victims

who were tortured by the forces of Baghdad battalion, Karrar brigade

subordinated to the Ministry of Interior leaded by the staff brigadier

general (Jasim) in Al- Mada'ain area. One of the detainees who's been

released told the news. He was looking to what was happening to the

martyr of torturing in prison. He came to The general headquarters of the

Iraqi Islamic Party to show what's going on in prisons, specially in Al-

Mada'ain which is considered as a military barracks now, (and who carries

an ID that show's him as a Sunni, he'll be either imprisoned or killed and

then his body will be thrown to the Tigris). Among whom he mentioned in

his evidence was the martyr Khalid Ahmed Harbood Al-Dulaimi, born in

1972, married, was working as a worker and had three children. He's

been arrested from his house in 13. Oct. 2005 at 12:00 midnight and

then been delivered to the forensic medicine by Al-Nasir police station in

Al-Sadr city where they saw the martyr thrown (In the lake square) in Al-


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Sadr city in Baghdad. Al-Karrar brigade claim was searching and after

they found nothing, they took him to the battalion headquarters where

prisoners from Al- Mada'ain are moved to Al-Mada'ain museum and then

to Al-baladiyat district (Back headquarters of Al-Karrar brigade).

Torturing is carried out in Al-Nisur prison, and in every battalion

headquarters there's a special secret place for torturing, specially in the

ruins area (Taq Ksra). Some of the tools which are used for torturing :

1. The drill to make holes in the body.

2. Iron hooks to cut and hang the body or parts of the body.

3. Strong hitting by heavy tools on sensitive areas from the body

which cause to breaking of bleeding.

4. Using the ironing instrument.

5. Hanging the body up.

6. Using the nitric acid.

7. Using hand equipments (Wire Cutter) to pull out teeth and

break the nose.

8. kicking with feet in sensitive places in the body.

The following pictures show the savage torture the martyr Khalid

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A force from the Ministry of Interior broke into the house of

Sheikh Kadhum Al-Serheed, chief of Al-Batta clan who lives in Al-Hurria

district in Baghdad at dawn of Wednesday, 23. Nov. 2005 and with cold


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blood they killed him and four members of his family while they were

sleeping. What's widely known is that the sheikh was known for his goof

life history, clean reputation, helping people, solve problems of people

and had respect and prestige where all kinds of people respected him. It's

clear that the crime was considered as a new method the militias related

to the Ministry of Interior apply after the scandal of prisons in Iraq, so

those militias are going on direct physical liquidation in the houses of the

innocents, and they do such operations during the curfew using cars of

the security systems of the Interior Ministry. The Sunni Endowment and

Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq (AMSI) condemned that criminal

act.

Common forces from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and defense

captured hundreds of Iraqis in Diyala' in 10. Nov. 2005 and most of them

were Sunni. A widely known judge, security responsible men, a member

of the governorate council and parties' representatives were among them.

The vice- governor of Diyala' governorate Mr. Auf Abdul-Rahman

emphasized in a call with Al-Jazeera that the Ministry of Interior

commandos made a raid of wide campaign of breaking into many parts of

Baquba city, to the Eastern North of Baghdad and arrested the judge

Say'ib Khorsheed the vice of chief justice of Baquba, responsible of

security committee in the governorate office Mr. Mohammed kamil. Vice-

chief of AMS branch in the governorate and Mr. Emad Salim, a

responsible in the Islamic party. The campaign started within the dawn of

today concentrated on the Sunni milieu in the governorate. Other

responsible men, clans sheikhs and the mayor of Baquba, the biggest

town in Diyala'. Mr. vice-governor of Diyala' described the arrest as an on

purpose movement against the Sunni sect for the sake of affecting their

chances in the elections done in 15. Dec. 2005. Ministry of defense

admitted by the commander of Anti-riot forces leader subordinated to

the Ministry himself that 346 "Three hundreds and forty six wanted have

been arrested in the military campaign framework ." He referred to the

participation of the multi-nationalities forces in the operation done by

600 (Six hundreds) from the commandos and what's called (Wolf brigade)

in the Ministry of Interior. 120 (One hundred and twenty) armored

vehicles participated in the operation according to a security responsible.

In addition to Baquba and its' suburbs, the operation included the nearby

Hweidhir town. Major General Mohammaed Abu Al-Hassan said that the


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police units entered the city from the North, South and West, closed the

entrances and imposed the curfew. He added: (we'll stay in the area until

we entirely finish cleaning the city".

The gangs of the organized terrorist crimes subordinated to sides

in the present Iraqi government represented by the Ministry of Interior

forces and militias participated in, and where its' members wear the

official uniform of the Interior commandos and militias with known black

caps on their heads as their insignia took 11 (Eleven) young men in Abu-

Tsheer on the suburbs of Baghdad (Poor neighborhood where poor

people and working class live) into a nearby place to their houses in that

neighborhood on Friday night, 11. Dec. 2005 at 10:00 p.m. claiming that

it (center) belongs to the (High crimes) force. In that ominous place which

became a (Den) to execute those crimes in spite of the (religious) front!

What's noticeable is that force passed back and forth in front of a police

checking point with a force of two cars (Batta-Duck), five cars (Opel) and

one car (Kia-Civia) which means that the force was using civil cars even

though some members of the force were wearing police uniform or a

combination with civil uniform where they took the eleven innocents and

four of their dead bodies were found next day morning 12. Dec. 2005.

They are:

1. Mouhannad Hameed Abdullah Al-Rashid.

2. Sa'ad Hamza Naayif (Mouhannad's cousin).

3. Suhayl Najim Alwan.

4. Hameed Najim Alwan (Suhayl's brother). Only eight

hours later and nearby the ominous den in the same place and

mutilated the bodies by the drill, pulled their eyes out and beaten

badly until their bodies turned blue because of the bad torture.

They also ironed the dead people by the electric iron, used ropes

to tie in the ceiling or to hang and shot bullets into the heads with

clear writing using sectarian phrases on the head of each victim!

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Forces subordinated to the Ministry of Defense broke into the

place where sheikh (Osama Al-Jada'an Al-Sanad), Al-Karabla clan Sheikh

on Friday, 11. Nov. 2005 in Al-Karrada district nearby Uqba Bin Nafi'

square. The sheikh's guards mentioned that he's been taken from his

place late at night by Iraqi forces, and there were many cars belong to the

national guards and he's in one of the locations of the Ministry of defense

in one of the previous state palaces with the knowledge that Sheikh

Osama has recently appeared on T.V. screens and condemned the act

done by the American forces in Al-karabla. He also condemned the

Ministry of Defense declarations about targeting the houses that lodge

terrorists as the Minister declared, and it seemed that this was the reason

for the arrest.

A force from the Ministry of Interior subordinated to the interim

government arrested tens of citizens on the identity when they broke into

their houses in Al-Furat district in Baghdad on Sunday, 25. Dec. 2005 as

eye-witnesses said. The witnesses said the elements of the force broke

into the houses at 6:15 a.m. using violence to break the doors blocked

their way accompanied with some spies that when those spies refer to

someone, then he'll be one of the 50 (fifty) arrested as an initial number

when we couldn't exactly limit the number of the arrested because of the

terrorist way that force broke into the residential place and preventing us

from going out of our houses and forced us to stay inside. They added

that the number of the force elements was in tens wearing the official

uniform of the Ministry of Interior forces, onboard of about ten cars (Land

Cruiser) of white color with no number plates and heard some of them

who didn't speak Arabic. They also added that the ways those elements

applied were so wild and savage they (Witnesses) never saw before where

non of the houses furniture and contents couldn't be our of their

destruction, and they also robbed whatever was light and expensive that

they stole the car of one of the citizens, many mobiles, gold and money

of millions.

The witnesses said the force elements were aggressive, hit and insulted

citizens. They pulled an old man from his praying carpet where he was

praying with no respecting for his age neither reverence of the praying

the old man was doing standing between the hands of his God. They also

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The witnesses also added that they were so aggressive with a one and a

half month suckling baby when his mother was trying to calm her baby

and stop him from crying, so they kicked him with their feet and kicked

his bed looking for weapons might be hidden with him!! Asking his

mother using a classical Arabic!! Saying: "where is the weapon?"

They showed how so bad were their words through insulting and

sectarian insults in a hateful way resulting from a hidden malice indicated

that they had no relation with the national and unionist slogans they

falsely raised to laugh at the Iraqis. The witnesses also cleared that one

of the citizens was arrested because he committed a crime where the new

Iraqi democratic law punishes which's that his name's (Saddam) and

nothing more that they threatened him woe and he was still in his house!!

They said that a police captain was among the arrested who's been

arrested more than once, and also one of the arrested tried to get rid of

them by mentioning to the force that he's an officer (Employee) in an

official office and they answered him saying: " The state doesn't lodge

and accept whoresons." Some of the arrested were visitors to their

relatives and not from the house people, but even though they were not

released. After the families showed their fears that the same savage

torture, killing and unknown destiny will happen to their kinship arrested

persons until they ended saying: "Until when the situation will stay like

this with no security or stability?! Will that day come where we'll see a

national government that takes care all the citizens without any

distinction, and with Iraqi forces for real security but not for injustice and

unfairness?! And are there still honest men in the world who can save the

Iraqis from these tribulation and misfortune?".

These are some of the arrested we could get until now:

1. Sayf Ali Abed Al-Dulaymi.

2. Hussein Abdullah Hummadi Al-Dulaymi.

3. Majid Salman Awwad Al-Dulaymi.

4. Sabah Nsayif Mikhlif Al-Dulaymi (Police Captain).

5. Misha'an Mit'ib Irsan Al-Zoba'ai.

6. A'amir Misha'an Mit'ib Al-Zoba'ai.

7. Saddam Misha'an Mit'ib Al-Zoba'ai.

8. Jasim Mohammed Hassan Al-Zoba'ai.

9. Kamil Kareem Mohammed Al-Zoba'ai.

10.Haytham Ahmed Alwan AL-Jubori.


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11.Nasser Mohammed Ali Al-Khalidi.

This arresting crime came one day after the Interior forces arrested

Sheikh (Abdul-Moni'm Faisal Al-Janabi), a member of the AMSI and the

speaker of Fattah pasha mosque in Hai Al-A'amil district and one of his

sons in Baghdad.

A message from the murdered (Muthhir Aziz A'ayid Al-Samarra'i

reached to the Iraq newspaper Al-Wifak Al-Demoqrati (Democratic

Harmony) showed the details of his being a martyr. The message was

confirmed with the forensic medicine report with the No. 2505 dated in

02. March. 2005 entitled to Madinat AL-Tib (Medicine city) police station.

That message reached the newspaper in 11. Nov. 2005 and the victim's

family demanded the Iraqi president, Prime Minister, Minister of Interior

and Minister of Justice and Human Rights to start an investigation about

the savage torture crime that made him die. The family of the deceased

Mudhhir Aziz A'ayid Al-Samarra'I said that the victim was married and

had five children, four sons and one daughter. He was arrested in his

house in 23. Nov. 2004 while he was in good health. He became a martyr

in 31. Dec. 2004, and his family got the body and saw the traces of the

torture which made him die. The family could get the forensic medicine

report two months after its been issued when consulting the competent

authorities. The report (issued by the forensic medicine) very ugly

pictures about the torture against the victim like the ironing by a burning

machine wide spread in the right shoulder, in front of the two legs, in

front below the right thigh. The report also referred to the traces of a

trial to pull out the nails of the hands and feet in addition to the bruises

clear on many places of the body. Reminding that this crime was an

extension to much of scene of prisons in Iraq during the occupation era.

Former news mentioned many torture cases caused to many death cases

also in the American democracy, liberation and human rights which made

many some humanitarian organizations in the world to indicated with the

accusation fingers to the American forces, Iraqi national guards and Iraqi

police for adopting non-humanitarian methods and internationally

condemned by all of the divine laws and the positive legislations. The

newspaper said that they (newspaper staff) put this document evidence in

front of the Iraqi, Arabic and international public opinion and demand in

an urgent way to guarantee all detainees rights arrested in the Iraqi

prisons submissive to the American and Iraqi forces control, and also call


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all the humanitarian organizations, human rights organizations and

AMNESTY to a fast interfere to find an end to Iraqis' suffering and

threatened of death they face all the time, and the disastrous results that

comes after that on the families, Iraqi future and their coming

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Abdul-Rahman Adnan Al-Sahar Al-Hamdani, Adil Abdullah Al-

Sahar Al-Wardi and Muhammed Fayadh Al-Sahar Al-Hamdani who were

from Al-Radhwania residents, were exposed to a shooting by the guards

of a Hosaynia in Al-Jihad district. One of them immediately and all havebeen moved to Al-Yarmook hospital in Baghdad. Later, a force from the

Interior commandos arrested one of the wounded and took him to an

unknown place, while the other was moved to Al-Noor hospital

(Muhammed Baqir Al-Hakeem) in Al-Sho'la town and the killed stayed in

the same hospital. The uncle of the killed did assure that " they were in a

passable way nearby the Hosynia and the armed from a Hosaynia

attacked them in Al-Jihad district, then they were moved to Al-Yarmook

hospital and we found one of them in the same hospital and the other

was moved to Al-Noor hospital." None of the victim family knew the

reasons for moving, torturing and executing him there. He also added: "The third, Muhammad Fayadh Al-Sahar Al-Hamdani was moved by the

Interior forces to one of their centers even though he was seriously

wounded. These are the events that come in the series of sectarian events

led by militias of some parties and the extremist religious trends. For the

knowledge, Al-Noor hospital in Al-Sho'la town witnesses similar events

like the killing of 11 (Eleven) men from Zoba'a Clan, 6 (Six) from Al-

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Eye-witnesses mentioned that civil and military elements from the

Ministry of Interior were on board of four cars (Pickup) and two cars

(Patrol) broke into the victim Yassir Salah Al-Samarraa'i's Housein 13.

Nov. 2005 and asked: " Who is Yasser Abu-Ammar?". They took him to an

unknown place after he answered with official papers concerned the

family members. When his relatives started investigated about him, theyfound that he was in one of the Ministry of Interior jails. On Wednesday,

16. Nov. 2005 his dead body with three more of persons including a

seventeen years old boy) who were arrested with him were found with

traces of hideous torture. The victim Salah was arranging for a media

coverage about a story of a husband and a wife (Kais Al-Zoheyri and

Hayfa Nu'aymi) from Al-Ghazalia district who were killed only three days

before the Eid by bullets of armed men and left 5 five children behind. He

was also preparing for an assistance campaign to that afflicted family.

The father of the victim (Yassir) who's the Sheikh (Salah Al-Samarrai') was

a Muslim religious scholar (Cleric), the owner of Al-Turath bookshop inAdhamia and was executed in 13. Nov. 2993 by Saddam's regime with

the charge of changing the regime which was the same day when his son

Yassir was killed.

A responsible source in the Iraqi Islamic party declared on

Saturday, 12. Nov. 2005 that many brigades from the Iraqi Ministry of

Interior have done an arresting campaign to political and leading symbols

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also added: "The Ministry of Interior system represented by Al-Hassan,

Al-Hussein, scorpion and wolf brigades and more launched wide

arresting in Diyala governorate targeting the political symbols

participated in the political process this time that it reached some leaders

of the Islamic party, some members of the governorate council, a judge

who was occupying the position of the vice of chief justice in Diyala and

hundreds more without the knowledge of Diyala governorate or the police

and security officials.

A guards in an Iraqi prison opened fire and started shooting

against the prisoners which resulted twenty killed of the detainees when

the detainees tried to escape according to the claims of some sources in

the Interior. The source said: "Twenty prisoners were killed by guards of

one of the prisons in Kadhumia town in Baghdad after they tried to

secape from the prison." He informed: " The reaction of the prison guards

against prisoners attack was shooting them to control the situation and

catch everyone who tried to escape which led to kill twenty prisoners.

An armed group aimlessly shot heavily in the air on Thursday, 28.

Dec. 2005 what made people to hurry up to hide in stores and behind

walls. People had panic in the intersection of Al-Kuwait St. which is a big

commercial street in Basrah. When the armed group saw the people

running, they started laughing because that group represented the militia

of one of the religious parties. Two of them have been recognized that

they were police men in Al-Ash'ar and the rest who were eight persons

were masked and totally covered their faces.

A force from the 4th sector forces came to Bab Al-Zubeir

neighborhood in the main St. of Basrah on Tuesday, 27. Dec. 2005 and

stopped a passengers vehicle, brand Kia and and ordered a man of more

than 60 (Sixty) years old to get out of the car and hit him badly by the

heels of their guns and kicks and left him and go. One of the citizens

took him to the hospital. One of the officers (Lieutenant Colonel) named

(Abu Ahmed) came back one hour later asking for that man named

(Abdullah Mahdi Al-Bahadli) and when they found him they apologized

that he wasn't the meant and that the patrol made a mistake. The man is

still in the hospital until writing this report.

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It's mentioned that hundreds of leaders, officers and pilots of the previous Iraqi

army have been exposed to campaigns of chasing by the militias cooperated with

occupation forces during the passed time after the occupation. It resulted killing and

assassinations may of them without any interference of any official side to protect them,

and that's what many Iraqi present officials confessed about that while meeting a group

of those officers.

Iraqi former pilots are afraid to leave home feelings afraid ofassassination:

The Iraqi former pilots in the air force are afraid for their lives after filtering

tens of them since the start of the occupation in April, 2003. A former pilot

brigadier (Rabi' Ahmed Al-Ta'i) summaries in his meeting in 27. Oct. 2005 his

fears about the filtering and kidnapping that got his colleagues who were living

threatening obsessions saying: "I don't leave my house feeling afraid of being

assassinated." Al-Ta'i is from Tikrit the center of Salahuddin governorate added

that not less than 36 (thirty six) of high ranks officers have been assassinated

that 23 (twenty three) of them were pilots from the previous air force "by the

hands of groups supported by Iran to get revenge from us". He clarified that his

colleague the Lieutenant Colonel (Sha'mil Ghafuori) in Baquba "was assassinated

in in broad daylight when he was sitting with the colonel Jasim Hassan -who was

also a pilot- in a commercial store. The other one was shot by many bullets in

his leg and the poice didn't find the criminals but closed the investigation". Al-

Ta'i participated in Iraq-Iran war (1980-1988) when chemical weapons were

used against the Iranian army, and got retired from his position in 1997. He

assured that a large number of the air force officers immigrated "and no one

stayed but only few living in fear and fright" and that the Iraqi president (Jalal Al-

Talabani) met about one thousand of air force officers two weeks ago before this

meeting with Al- Ta'i when the president criticized the aggressions those air

force officers face assuring that "Those air force officers have no guilt because

who disobeys the orders previously would face death penalty". The president

asked and invited them to move to the two Kurdish governorates Suleimaniyah

(330 km North of Baghdad) or Erbil (350 km North of Baghdad) "in case there's

no safe shelter for them." He said: "We'll provide you all the requirements for

living and safe life regardless of party and intellectual belonging." It seems that

the reassurance didn't change anything because two former officers have been

killed in the duration 22-28. Oct. 2005 in karbala governorate (110 km South of

Baghdad). One of them was (Rijab Abdul-Wahid Al-Jaberi), the officer in the


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former Iraq air force. The former colonel in the air force from Al-Duor town to

the North of Baghdad Mazin Jalal Al-Salami said that: "the continuous kidnapping

in the army which is ended with killing and torture is uncovered now with the

involvement of the state systems." He added: "I think that getting revenge from

the high officers is losing an opportunity that could return solidity of the new

Iraqi army." A'ayid Stam Al- AL-Jubori who carries the sustenance of his

brother's family the pilot brigadier Amed Stam after the armed assassinated him

when he was out from a mosque in Al-Shrikat (70 km South of Mosul) in August

/ 2004. A'ayid assured that his brother "participated in the war against Iran,

Kuwait war and North cleansing operations when he was leading a Russian made

helicopter" assuring and accusing that: " Peshmerga - Kurdish fighters- was

standing behind the assassination. In his turn, Muhammed Anwar Najim Al-

Deen, 28 years old, son of the pilot colonel Najim Al-Deen Muhammed Al-

Obaidi from Makwhool township (North of Beaji in Salahuddin governorate)

whose father was assassinated three months ago derided from the invitation of

Talabani to the pilots. He accused members from " Peshmerga in assassinating

his father who's killed when he was leaving his house and the killers' car headed

towards Kerkuk road where the two main Kurdish parties are centered.

Muhammed said: "The aim of Talabani's invitation was to observe the movement

of the pilots, and it's a planning to stop who wants to join the legal Iraqi

resistance." He added: "We heard in the news that the government caught a Salafi

group where among them was a planner for the operations who was the Air Vice

Marshal Harbi Abed Khudhayr."

Unknowns assassinated Dr. Sami Ayman in 16. Nov. 2006 in his house to

the west of Tikrit. A family said that an armed group surrounded his house and

killed him in front of his sons before the group escaped. It's monetioned that Dr.

Sami Ayman was considered as one of the best specialists in chronic and

malicious diseases in Iraq.

Unknown armed assassinated a professor in the fine arts institute on

Monday morning in 26. Dec. 2005 in Tobchi district in Baghdad. A source from

the Ministry of defence said that armed men shot a hail of the bullets against the

professor Nawfal Ahmed at 8:00 a.m. while he was leaving home to his work.

A source from the police reported to the correspondent of the Iraqi News

Agency (INA) that unknown armed on board of cars with no number plates killed

A'adil Al-Zubaidi, the lawyer of Taha yaseen ramadhan and shot Thamir Hmood,

the lawyer of Barazan Al-Tikriti. He's injured and was taken to the hospital


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nearby the accident when they shot them in Hai Al-A'dil neighborhood, to the

west of Baghdad, on Tuesday noon in 08. Nov. 2005.

A source in the Ministry of Interior said that Baghdad police found three

disintegrated dead bodies early in the morning of Monday, 26. Dec. 2005 which

were picked up from Al-Rostamia project for the treatment of the heavy waters

to the Eastern-South of Baghdad. The source couldn't recognize out the bodies,

but he said: "It's hard to recognize the bodies because they all were

disintegrated." He said that the clothes which the victims were wearing were civil.

A high-ranked officer in the previous Iraq air force was assassinated by

unknowns nearby Karbala, on Tuesday night in 10. Nov. 2005. A source in

Karbala police said that three armed on board of a BMW car opened fire of their

guns against the pilot staff colonel Flayeh Hassan while he was leaving his house

in Sayf Sa'ad neighborhood which is about five kilometers away from the city

center and shot him dead. This accident came two days after the killing (by

armed in the center of Karbala city) of another officer from the previous Iraqi

army officer (major) whose name's Fadhil kadhim. Witnesses said that pilot staff

colonel Hassan who was a squadron commander in the Iraqi Iran war (1980-

1988) came to Karbala to take his family to where he was working in one of the

Arab Gulf countries a while ago.

An official source in Sunni Endowment in Basrah declared that unknown

armed assassinated Sheikh Ibraheem Al-Shaheen (Imam and speaker of Khor Al-

Zubair mosque) on Monday morning, 21. Nov. 2005.

The major general Abu-Awsima, leader of the missiles system surface-

to-surface shot against Israel in 1991 was assassinated in 01. Nov. 2005 in

Mosul when an armed group made an ambush outside his house in Al-Thobbat

district (Officers district) and showered him with a hail of bullets. The members

of that group escaped towards the Kurdish village Faida without chasing them by

the police and security where their patrols were there near the place of the

accident. Well-informed sources mentioned in the city that is full of leaders,

officers and other ranks of the Iraqi army disbanded by the previous American

governor Paul Bremer. The betrayed was the staff major general Nabeel Abu-

Awsima. He was one of the best artillery and missiles officers in the army before

he's been moved to work in the Military Industrialization Organization in 1991

supervising the long-range missiles system belonging to the organization. Those

sources clarified that the staff major general known as (Abu-Awsima = The man

with many medals) because of his courage and getting many heroism medals

and courage badges during the Iraq Ian war in the 80's. He stayed hiding for all


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the time after the occupation after he received threats of killing him for his role

in the missiles hitting against Israel through the (Desert Storm) war at the start

of 1991. Units from the Kurdish militias (Peshmerga) broke into his house many

times in different times through the last three years to arrest him for the charge

of participating in hitting Israel with missiles but they couldn't catch him because

he moved to another place to protect himself. It's believed that officials are in the

Ministry of Defense were who gave his name to the armed group that

assassinated him in addition to the military leader from the ministry archive after

he stayed outside the spotlight since the end of 1991 war and sent to be retired

after freezing the Military Industrialization Organization works, destruction of its

facilities and establishments by the international inspection committees .

The students Federation President of Mosul university, the martyr Qusai

Salahiddin was kidnapped with his brother Ahmed. He has organized a

demonstration in Musel university against the rise of the fuels prices. He spoke

in the demonstration against Ja'afari government and criticized Al-Hakeem and

the behavior of his militias. Al-Arabia channel correspondent was in that place,

in the same day when he was kidnapped from his house until his body was found

with the head cut in addition to his brother Ahmed. That matter raised the anger

of Al-Mosu

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