Halve info in DS

"Bij een andere aanval op wat Centcom omschrijft als een ,,trainingskamp voor terroristen'' in het noordwesten van Irak zijn sinds gisteren al zeker 70 Irakezen gesneuveld. Het beleg is vandaag nog steeds aan de gang. ,,We hebben een grote troepenmacht met special forces ingezet'', aldus een woordvoerder"
http://www.standaard.be/nieuws/buitenland/index.asp?ArticleID=NFLP13062003_001&Snel=1

"more than 3,000 soldiers backed by fighter jets, armored vehicles and patrol boats surrounding a 30-square mile peninsula north of Baghdad that is said to harbor gunmen attacking American soldiers."

Wat er zoal gebeurde:

"Criticism focused on the deaths of two men in their 50's who apparently died of heart attacks. One family bitterly complained that American soldiers prevented them from giving medication to Jassem Rumyad, a 52-year-old who died of an apparent heart attack during a raid.
Hella Khalif, Mr. Rumyad's eight-year-old mother, said that women and children were handcuffed during the raid and American soldiers gagged she and Mr. Rumyad's wife and daughter when they demanded he be given medication. "They put tape over my mouth," she said.
American officials said the women's account was false and that Mr. Rumyad was given his medication. But one American officer involved said that women and children were handcuffed by American soldiers in one location. The officer said that they ordered the handcuffs removed."

Het was geen terroristenkamp maar een stad waar de bewoners zich nog verzetten tegen de bezetting goedgekeurd door de VN.

arch/ive/ief (2000 - 2005)