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Iraqi Civilian Deaths ... caused by Bush's unprovoked war

 

'Scores of civilians' killed in Falluja
(Aljazeera, 09 November 2004)
Muhammad Abbud said he watched his nine-year-old son bleed to death at their Falluja home, unable to take him to hospital as fighting raged in the streets and bombs rained down on the Iraqi city. . . . In the midst of a US onslaught and hemmed in by a round-the-clock curfew, he said he had little choice but to bury his eldest son, Ghaith, in the garden. . . . "My son got shrapnel in his stomach when our house was hit at dawn, but we couldn't take him for treatment," said Abbud, a teacher. "We buried him in the garden because it was too dangerous to go out. We did not know how long the fighting would last." . . . Residents say scores of civilians have been killed or wounded in 24 hours of fighting since US-led forces pushed deep into the city on Monday evening. . . . Doctors said people brought in at least 15 dead civilians at the main clinic in Falluja on Monday. By Tuesday, there were no clinics open, residents said, and no way to count casualties. . . . Overnight US bombardments hit a clinic inside the Sunni Muslim city, killing doctores, nurses and patients, residents said. . . . Sami al-Jumaili, a doctor at Falluja Hospital, said the city was running out of medical supplies. . . . "There is not a single surgeon in Falluja. We had one ambulance hit by US fire and a doctor wounded. There are scores of injured civilians in their homes whom we can't move," he said by telephone from a house where he had gone to help the wounded. . . . "A 13-year-old child just died in my hands." . . . Residents say they have no power and are using kerosene lamps at night. They say they keep to ground floors for safety. Food shops have been closed for six days. . . . "My kids are hysterical with fear," said Farhan Salih. "They are traumatised by the sound but there is nowhere to take them."

posted by Lorenzo 4:37 PM