Interview with Nasra Al Sadoen (Baghdad Observer) by Belgium Peace activists on Bicycle Monday February 05, 2001 at 02:18 PM |
Nasra Al Sadoen is editor of the Baghdad Observer gave an interview with Belgium activists (on Bicycle from Amman to Baghdad). She explains how the blockade against Iraq is affecting the whole society mainly the health situation of the whole population. On depleted Uranium she invites everybody to come to Iraq to see its real impact.
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From 07.01.01 to 20.01.01 a group of Belgium peace activists bicycled from Amman to Baghdad to protest the sanctions against Iraq.
In Baghdad they had an interview with Nasra Al Sadoen witch is the editor of the Baghdad Observer. Nasra gave an extensive interview on effects of the sanctions and on the effects of depleted uranium.
"Now they are talking about the Balkan Syndrome, which is the same as the Golf Syndrome. Why did they change the name, we are talking about the same thing, the same causes… depleted Uranium."
"You have lack of food, you have lack of medicine, … you have depleted uranium and the effect is people are dying."
She also gives a strong crititique on the "Western Media" who are fighting a "Propaganda war" according to Nasra.
Interview with the first Secretary of the Palestinian Embassy in Baghdad
More than 35.000 Palestinians refugees are living in Iraq, mainly in Baghdad. They are living there since 1948. Beside this refugees there are a lot of Palestinians students in Baghdad, they study on different Universities and schools. The first secretary of the Palestinian Embassy explains the situation of the Palestinians of in Iraq.