CIA Rendition Plane N71PG at Shannon 3 Dec 07

CIA Rendition Plane N71PG at Shannon 3 Dec 07

CIA rendition plane N71PG back in Shannon again Posted March 25th, 2008 by webmasterOn 20-Mar-2008, a Learjet LJ35/W was refuelled at Shannon airport and took off for Gander, Newfoundland at about 08:25AM GMT.
Its registration number is N71PG.The report in today's Irish Times by Jamie Smyth reads as follows:"Ireland criticised over 'rendition' questionnaireEU: THE EUROPEAN Commission has criticised Ireland and 22 other states for not responding to an inquiry about anti-terrorism policy, which it set up in the wake of the rendition flights controversy, writes JAMIE SMYTH in BrusselsJust Finland, Luxembourg, Poland and Spain have replied to a detailed questionnaire sent by the EU executive to governments last year with a deadline of March 15th. Governments were asked to involve "all relevant national bodies and departments including those in charge of protection of human rights", so that Brussels could put together a full picture of EU states' anti-terrorism activities.The questionnaire asked a range of questions, including what safeguards each state has in place to ensure secret service personnel are responsible to parliaments. The commission said yesterday that none of the EU states that had failed to respond to the questionnaire had informed Brussels why they chose to ignore it."We will take stock after Easter and then send a reminder to those who have not replied yet," said a spokesman for justice commissioner Franco Frattini yesterday, who acknowledged that the executive has no power to force EU states to comply.The inquiry is the commission's first real response to the controversy sparked by the discovery that the CIA had secretly transported terrorist suspects without trial out of Europe, often to face torture. It was set up following publication of a European Parliament report into CIA activities, which concluded that the US agency had operated more than 1,200 flights throughout Europe. It also criticised 14 EU states, including Ireland, for failing to deal properly with rendition."Its [ the inquiry's] purpose is to acquire factual and concrete information on the application of member states' anti-terrorism measures, their effectiveness and compliance with fundamental rights," said the commission spokesman. "This information will help us to identify possible difficulties and needs where necessary of EU action."Fine Gael TD Simon Coveney, who followed the rendition issue when he was an MEP, said the Government's failure to reply to the inquiry was "unacceptable"."The Government needs to be seen like all the other countries questioned in the European Parliament report about their role in rendition to fully co-operate with any questions the commission have," he said. "We shouldn't give the impression we have something to hide."A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice said that the Government's response to the questionnaire had been forwarded to Ireland's embassy in Brussels yesterday for transmission to the commission. "The questionnaire does not include reference to 'CIA activities in Europe', extraordinary rendition, or any other related matters," added the spokeswoman."MEP Coveney and his Fine Gael colleagues fully support the US military and CIA use of Shannon airport, and have advocated the abondonment of Irish nuetrality. Their protestations on the issue of rendition should there be taken with scepticism.There will be a peace vigil at Shannon airport on Easter Sunday 23 March from 5pm to 6pm, organised by Amnesty. Please show your solidarity for one million Iraqi dead and thousands of tortured prisoners, on Sunday, and everyday.
Source: http://www.irishantiwar.org/

Ireland War and The Arms Trade Meeting 29/4/08

Galway Screening of short films 10 Days To War
Posted April 23rd, 2008 by webmaster
Start: 26/04/2008 - 20:15
Saturday, 26th April at 8.15pm in Richardsons, Eyre Sq., Galway
Screening of the BBC2 short films “10 Days To War”.
Ronan Bennett, the internationally acclaimed novelist, scripted the films. Ronan will speak at the GAAW event after the shorts have been shown.

Contact Galway Alliance Against War" gaaw1@eircom.net

Raytheon 9 Ireland War and The Arms Trade
Posted April 21st, 2008 by webmaster
Start: 29/04/2008 - 20:00
On Tuesday April 29th at 8pm the IAWM will host a meeting about Ireland and the arms trade.
Speakers:
Eamonn McCann (Author, Journalist, and One of the Raytheon 9)
Andy Story (Afri)
Susan Hensel (Co-ordinator, Clusters Munitions Coalition Ireland)
Venue: Wynns Hotel Lower Abby St Dublin

Haditha: charges dropped against 5 out of 8 US marines
Posted March 30th, 2008 by Dette_McLoughli...
SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
Military prosecutors have dropped all charges against a US marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children in the town of Haditha in 2005.
Stephen Tatum, a lance corporal, is the fifth out of eight Haditha defendants to have charges dropped in a case that has brought international condemnation of US troops in Iraq. The dismissal on Friday comes just a day before Tatum was due to face a court martial on charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and aggravated assault over his role in the killings. However, in a statement released from the Marines Camp Pendleton base outside San Diego, the military said charges against Tatum had been dismissed "in order to continue to pursue the truth seeking process into the Haditha incident". In a statement, Jack Zimmerman, a defence lawyer, denied that Tatum had struck a deal with prosecutors that would see him testify against Frank Wuterich, a fellow marine, in exchange of immunity. Wuterich, a staff sergeant, is accused of being the ringleader and faces court-martial on nine counts of voluntary manslaughter later this year. "We emphasise that lance corporal Tatum will testify truthfully if called as a witness, but there is no deal for his testimony," Zimmerman said. "It became clear to the experienced prosecution team that the right thing to do was to dismiss all charges. "We believe the evidence shows that lance corporal Tatum reacted to an enemy attack the way he was trained to do"

Tatum was due to face trial for shooting dead two unarmed children when marines cleared houses near the scene of a deadly roadside bombing in Haditha, 260 kilometres west of Baghdad, on November 19, 2005. Four soldiers were initially charged with murder and four officers accused of covering up the incident. Immediately after the violence the marines said in a press statement that 15 Iraqis and a US marine had been killed as a result of the roadside bomb. An investigation by Time magazine later found that most of the casualties were killed when marines swept through three houses near the site of the bombing. The findings prompted a wide-ranging internal investigation.
However, since charges against the eight marines were first announced in December 2006, prosecutors have struggled to make the allegations stick. In Wuterich’s case, charges of murder were later replaced by the lesser offence of manslaughter. The military investigator overseeing Tatum's pre-trial hearing had recommended that charges against Tatum be dismissed on the grounds that he shot at the children because Wuterich had started firing. "I believe Tatum's real life experience and training on how to clear a room took over, and his body instinctively began firing while his head tried to grasp at what and why he was firing," Paul Ware, a lieutenant colonel, said. "By the time he could recognise that he was shooting at children, his body had already acted." Meanwhile Mark Zaid, a lawyer for Wuterich, said the dismissal showed that "there are tremendous holes" in the case. "The prosecution couldn't afford to have Tatum acquitted. So by dismissing the charges and turning him as a witness they will attempt to blame it all on staff sergeant Wuterich," Zaid told reporters on Friday. "They reached an early, rush-to-judgement conclusion that Wuterich was this rampaging murderer. But the truth is that the facts don't support that." The killings in Haditha are the most serious allegations of war crimes leveled at US forces since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The case is one of several involving marines from Camp Pendleton.

Pension Fund Should Remove Money From Bomb Firms
Posted March 25th, 2008 by webmaster
The most telling thing in Dermot Ahern's statement in the article is the phrase "While not seeking to interfere with the statutory independence of the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) Commission...". What this means is that anything that appears in this article has absolutely no statutory effect. It is merely fudge. The Govt, if it is serious on the matter in the run-up to the May 'Cluster Bombs' Conference, will have to pass legislation to outlaw this kind of investment, which will apply to the NPRF Commission and to everyone else. While they're passing such legislation, they can also pass the major piece of necessary legislation, banning Irish involvement in everything to do with cluster munitions.
Government Ministers, like the rest of us, have to observe the law. The present law states that the NPRF is completely independent of Govt. Until another law banning investment in clusters is passed, nothing that Cowen or Dermot Ahern say, and least of all the headline, is worth a fiddler's. What counts is unilateral legislation.


Banning cluster bombs
Irish Times, Mon, Mar 17, 2008
Madam, - Minister Dermot Ahern is to be commended for his commitment to a complete ban on the production, stockpiling and use of Cluster munitions ( The Irish Times, March 6th). It is also good that the Irish Government is among the core group of countries which is leading international efforts in this regard and that it is hosting an international diplomatic conference to finalise an international convention to outlaw cluster munitions, in Dublin in May of this year.
Afri, which is one of the many NGOs active on this issue, has a number of concerns, one of which is raised in the Minister's Irish Timesarticle. We believe that it is appalling and totally unacceptable that, while working for a ban on the use of these most brutal and indiscriminate weapons, State pension funds should be invested in companies involved in the manufacture and sale of the self same weapons.
The purpose of pension funds, surely, is to provide peace and security for people in their old age. How ironic, then, that these funds should be invested in an industry that is built on death and destruction, mostly of civilians, often of old people, children and the most vulnerable in society.
Not only should Irish pension funds be withdrawn from companies manufacturing cluster bombs but from any company which is involved in the arms industry. Afri will be running a campaign to highlight this issue in the coming months.
The second concern we have is that the convention would be watered down, in the negotiations in Dublin, to such a degree that it becomes ineffective. We would urge the Minister and the Irish delegation to hold firm in this regard and to refuse to bow to countries which have a vested interest in continuing to use these obscene weapons, regardless of the horrific suffering caused to their innocent victims.
- Yours, etc,
JOE MURRAY, (Director, Afri), Phibsborough, Dublin 7.

Pension fund to remove money from bomb firms
DEAGLÁN DE BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent
Irish Times 19 March 2008

THE NATIONAL Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF), set up by the Government to finance the State's future pension requirements, is preparing to withdraw €27 million in investments from six international companies which are listed as being involved in the production of cluster munitions.
The new policy is likely to be adopted in the lead-up to a major international diplomatic conference on cluster munitions scheduled for Croke Park on May 19th-30th. The Government has taken a strong stance in favour of a total ban on cluster munitions.
A spokesman for the fund said it was likely to use the list of companies excluded from the Norwegian government's pension fund as a guideline. Eight companies were excluded by the Norwegians and the Irish fund had invested in six of these.
It was now proposed to withdraw these investments. The spokesman said five of the companies were US-based: Raytheon, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Alliant Techsystems and L3 Communications. The sixth was a French company, Thales.
The National Pension Reserve Fund spokesman pointed out that the sum involved, €27 million at the end of last year, was only a small percentage of the total amount of €21 billion invested annually by the fund.
In a recent letter to Minister for Finance Brian Cowen, which has been seen by The Irish Times, fund chairman Paul Carty said the legal advice available "does not give us much comfort" but that it was unlikely there would be objections from any group "in the Oireachtas or elsewhere" if the fund withdrew investments from these companies.
"In fact, in our view, the maintenance of such investments could give rise to growing public outrage and be contrary to Government policy. It would not be appropriate for the NPRF to continue to invest in this specific category.
"While it could be alleged that from a legal point of view we might not be in conformity with the NPRF Act, and that this Act should be changed before we do anything, the matter appears now to us to be urgent and uncontroversial."
In addition, the National Pension Reserve Fund Commission, responsible for controlling and managing the fund, was required to "exercise due care, skill, prudence and diligence" in the discharge of its functions. But Mr Carty asked for an assurance from Mr Cowen "that such legislation as may be considered necessary would be enacted in due course" to ensure the NPRF Commission was acting fully in conformity with the law.
The move is being undertaken following strong pressure from Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern, who has been actively involved in the cluster munitions issue and has made repeated calls for an international ban on this type of military equipment.
Observers say this is the first time ethical investment has figured in Irish foreign policy. Mr Ahern, who is currently visiting Argentina, commented by telephone yesterday: "I saw at first hand on my visit to Lebanon last year the havoc that cluster bombs can cause. These small bomblets can look like decorations or toys and, as a result, children are very vulnerable to them.
"There is absolutely no justification for their use and Ireland will continue to campaign vigorously to have them completely banned. I am delighted that the NPRF managers are moving to end any investment of our pension money in companies that are linked to cluster munitions manufacture.
"This is a very significant move by Ireland and sends a clear message to the world in advance of the vital Croke Park conference," Mr Ahern said. He continued: "While not seeking to interfere with the statutory independence of the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission, my objective was to try and ensure that no public funds are invested in any company involved in or associated with the production of cluster munitions. While there are a number of legal and practical issues still to be teased out, I can say that the reaction has been very positive and supportive."
The fund was established in 2001 by then minister for finance Charlie McCreevy to help with the financing of the State's future pension requirements

Source: http://www.irishantiwar.org/

A Fallujah Timeline Author David Bellavia

A Fallujah Timeline


27 October 2004 to 03 November 2004:
Task Force 2-2 Infantry prepares for their upcoming mission to clear Al Fallujah of insurgents. Still carrying out missions at our FOB Normandy (Muqdadiyah, Iraq) we are pulling long hours of patrolling, fighting localsand preparing for the Super Bowl of urban warfare. Our generation's D Day.
05 November 2004 (D-2):
Task Force 2-2 arrives at the Marine ForwardOperating Base in Fallujah.
06 November 2004 (D-1):
Rehearsals for attack prove the Marines are wellprepared and reseached for this assault.
07 November 2004:
Final rehearsal. Inspections of all gear. Lots of smoking and joking.
08 November 2004:
The battle of Al Fallujah begins. Quickly into the fight, Task Force 2-2 takes losses as the first fire fight of the battle is devastating.
09 November 2004:
We attack south through Askari District and to phase line Linda; Securing two major objectives at Highway Ten. Major fight occurs at the Imam al-Shafi Mosque with A Company repelling assault from a well rehearsed and equipped enemy force. TOW missiles, Bradley 25mm cannon fire, 84mm rockets, grenades, and machine gun fire were frantically used to finally destroy all remaining elements of the enemy assault.
10 November 2004 (D+3):
Task Force 2-2 conducts search and attack missions north. (2330) Third Platoon A Company is ordered to clear a neighborhood of approximately twenty homes to kill or capture six to eight insurgents. Third Platoonexperienced up close, point-blank range urban fighting which devolved into hand-to-hand struggles inside buildings. It is abundantly clear that we are fighting a global all-star team of Islamic fundamentalism as we find passports and manuals in a plethora of languages.
11 November 2004 (D+4):
Task Force 2-2 attacks South into Industrial District. We begin clearing every building and every room of our territory. Complacency and sleep deprivation are now just as deadly to our unit as anything the enemy candeliver to us in this battle space.
12 November 2004 (D+5):
In the bloodiest and heaviest fighting in Fallujah to date for the soldiers of Task Force 2-2, scores of enemy fighters are cut down as we miraculously manage to take only a handful of causalities.
13 November 2004 (D +6):
A Company reels from another devastating loss from an important member of our leadership team. More and more caches are discovered.
14 November 2004 (D+7):
Task Force 2-2 begins the slow, methodical clearing of every structure and every room of the massive industrial district of Fallujah. We find IED factories and a car-bomb factory hastily left moments before we entered the area.
22 November 2004(D+10):
Task Force 2-2 returns to Diyala province to combat a restless enemy who intends to throw everything in their power to disrupt the first free election in Iraq's history on January 30, 2005.

Advance Praise for House to House


“This rapid-fire recreation of the block-by-block fighting captures perfectly the horror—and horrible peak-experience attraction—of war…the narrative abounds with scenes and dialogue that make this account of battle read like a realistic war novel.”—Kirkus Reviews
“The telling of the story appears almost a great coming-of-age story and rivals the greatest accounts of modern warfare including those from the Vietnam-era: A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo and If I Die in a Combat Zone by Tim O’Brien… this book is a must-read that should be at the top of anyone’s biography, military or current affairs reading pile.”—Hooked on Books
“Like St. Mihiel, Normandy, Inchon, and Khe Sanh before it, Fallujah is one of the most horrific and hard-fought battles in U.S. history. SSG David Bellavia’s riveting, poignant, and at times even humorous firsthand account vividly emphasizes why this battle must never be forgotten. And why, because of the breathtaking courage of Bellavia and his fellow troops, it was won.”—Andrew Carroll, editor of War Letters and Behind the Lines
“House to House is a charged and honestly stark view down the rifle-sights of an infantryman during a crucial period in Iraq. Bellavia is our man with boots on the ground. To read this book is to know intimately the daily grind and danger of men at war.”—Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead
“David Bellavia shows us the stairways and alleys of Fallujah through the sights of his M-4. Politics and strategy are impossible luxuries for the combat infantryman, but Bellavia writes about even bigger themes: courage, fear, brotherhood, and duty. This is a humbling story, brilliantly told.”—Nathaniel Fick, author of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
“A hair-raising tale of men in battle. House to House is about as raw and real as it gets.” —Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder
“House to House is a terrifically realistic account of the hardest kind of combat known to man. Staff Sergeant Bellavia puts you right there with his men as they see it. This is a must read.” —Gunnery Sgt. Jack Coughlin, USMC (Ret.), author of Shooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper
“Bellavia is the legend from Iraq. He went house-to-house in Fallujah killing the terrorists —alone! MUST reading for all grunts.”—Bing West, author of No True Glory
“Staff Sgt. Bellavia brings it. This is life in the infantry, circa right now. They used to say that ‘the real war will never get in the books.’ Here it does, stunningly. You may not agree with it, or like what he has to say. Read it anyway—and then sit silently for an hour or so and contemplate what he has done on behalf of his country.”—Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and Making the Corps
“House to House is a rare and gripping account of frontline combat. While many who contemplate the nature of war focus on technological change, Bellavia's account reveals the continuities of close combat. Bellavia illuminates the human, psychological, emotional, and sensory experience of combat at the level of leadership that wins battles -- the infantry squad leader. Bellavia's story unfolds in a compelling narrative that helps readers understand what it is like to be in battle and what it is like to be a soldier.”—Colonel H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty

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مذكرات جندي أميركي حارب في الفلوجة

مذكرات جندي أميركي حارب في الفلوجة
تاريخ النشر : 2008-04-14
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غزة-دنيا الوطنصدرت كتب مذكرات كثيرة عن حرب العراق: مذكرات جنرالات (مثل الجنرال تومي فرانكز، قائد الغزو). ومذكرات مدنيين (مثل بول بريمر، حاكم العراق بعد الغزو). ومذكرات صحافيين (مثل جاكي سبنسر، مراسلة صحيفة «واشنطن بوست»).لكن، أخيرا، صدرت مذكرات جندي اميركي اشترك، حقيقة، في الحرب، هو ديفيد بلافيا، قائد فصيل اشترك في الهجوم على مدينة الفلوجة. إنه جندي عادي لم يندم على ما فعل (قتل العراقيين). وقال انه مستعد ليعود مرة ثانية الى العراق ليفعل نفس الشيء «في سبيل اميركا». يقول: «انا جندي محترف. بندقيتي مستعدة للضرب، وأسناني مستعدة للعض، ولساني مستعد للشتم. احب اميركا، وأحب الجنود معي. وأكره الصحافيين الليبراليين الذين يعارضون هذه الحرب».هنا مقتطفات من أحداث يوم 11-11-2004 في الفلوجة:«... عند الفجر، صعدت الى سطح «الامو» (اشارة الى قلعة مكسيكية خلال الحرب الاميركية المكسيكية سنة 1863، استولى عليها الاميركيون)، لاستكشف المنطقة. رأيت منازل قريبة يسيطر عليها الاعداء. وضعوا تحصينات، واكياس رمل فوق سطوحها. اعتقد انهم لم يكونوا يعرفون اننا، خلال الليل، استولينا على المنزل. تحدثت مع «جو»، الذي كان يحرس السطوح خلال الليل، وقلت له: «صوب تصويبا دقيقا، واطمئن، قبل ان تطلق الرصاص». قال: «سمعا وطاعة يا عريف».لم يخب املنا. بعد فترة، رأينا شخصا يمشي نحونا. يلبس ملابس طويلة وكثيفة، وكأنه شبح يتحرك في الظلام. كان يردد بصوت عال: «الله، الله، الله». في الحقيقة، سمعنا صوته، في صمت الفجر، قبل ان نراه. شعرت بقشعريرة في كل جسمي. وأحسست بشيء مثل تيار كهربائي داخل عمودي الفقري، من رأسي الى قدمي. اصبت برعب. هذا صوت عال، وفيه تصميم. هذا صوت «مؤمن». عندما اقترب، شاهدناه، مع ضوء الفجر، يحمل بندقية «آر بي جي»، وشريطاً من الرصاص يتدلى من على كتفيه. كان مثل «رامبو». وقف في منتصف الشارع، وأشار بإصبعه نحونا، وكأنه يأمرنا بقتله.لم نصدق ما شاهدنا. لم يفكر حتى في ان يحتمي بحائط، او شجرة، ناهيك عن ان يحفر خندقا خلال الليل. احتمينا نحن، لأنه كان يؤشر، وهو يصوب بندقيته، نحونا. كان يحملها، ولا يحس بثقلها، وكأنه يحمل عصا صغيرة.لماذا يفعل هذا؟«... حتى الآن، كنت أحس بالاحتقار نحو اعدائنا. وعندما شاهدت هذا الرجل، احسست بأني احترمه. محارب، يعرف ان قضيته تحتاج الى تضحية، وانه مستعد لأن يضحي، ليس فقط بوقته، وليس فقط بماله، ولكن، اهم من ذلك كله، بحياته.نحن، ايضا، مثله.لهذا، يجب ان نقتله.كان قد وصل الى مسافة مائة متر. خفت صوته، لكنه لا يزال يردد: «الله، الله، الله». لم نشاهد اي دليل على اي خوف. دربونا، في حرب الاحراش والشوارع، على ان ننتظر العدو في حذر. واذا لم نكن متأكدين من مكانه، نطلق رصاصات عشوائية، ليتحرك العدو، ونعرف مكانه. نسمي ذلك «استكشاف بالرصاص». ويبدو ان الأعداء يستعملون نفس التكتيك. لم يعرفوا اي منزل احتللنا خلال الليل. لهذا، ارسلوا هذا الانتحاري يمشي في الشارع، لنقتله، ويعرف الاعداء اننا نحتل هذا المنزل. ثم يهجمون علينا.لكن، أليست هذه طريقة غريبة في التكتيك العسكري؟ كيف يجعلون من رجل «طعمة» لاختبارنا؟ كيف يريدون منه ان يموت مثل كبش فداء. فكرت في ذلك، وأحسست بخوف اكثر.قلت لنفسي: «هؤلاء ليسوا هواة». وقف الرجل امامنا يردد دعاء. أود لو عرفت ماذا يقول ... قلت لنفسي: «كفاية». والتفت نحو «جو» آمراً: «اعط هذا الرجل ما يريد. اقتله». واسرع «جو»، القناص المحترف، وقبل مرور ثانية واحدة، ومع صوت عال يصم الآذان، شاهدت طلقات الرصاص تخرق الاسفلت امام الرجل. ربما يريد «جو» ان يعطيه فرصة اخيرة، ليهرب، او يلقي مدفعه. لكن الرجل صاح في احتجاج. لا اعرف ماذا قال. هل غضب على «جو» لأنه لم يقتله سريعا؟ هل تهكم من قوتنا؟لا اعرف. لكني أعرف انه كان غاضبا. من ماذا؟ منا؟ من نفسه؟ ومرة اخرى، شعرت بقشعريرة في عمودي الفقري، مثل تيار كهربائي، من رأسي الى قدمي. وفي غضبة، بدأ الرجل يطلق الرصاص على «جو»، الذي عاجله بوابل رصاص، قطع رجليه، وشاهدت عظام رجليه. إنها بيضاء، ناصعة البياض.وقع على الارض وهو يصرخ في ألم. لكنه لم يتوقف عن اطلاق الرصاص نحو «جو». احاطت به بركة من الدم، لكنه لم يتوقف. وللمرة الثالثة، اطلق عليه «جو» وابلا من الرصاص. هذه المرة، في صدره. في هذه اللحظة، صعد الى سطح المنزل «جاميسون»، واشترك في القضاء على الرجل. ثم صعد «ستيفن»، وانضم الى الاثنين. صار الشارع بحيرة من دم، وتناثرت فيه اجزاء الرجل، لكن، ظلت يده اليمنى تمسك بالبندقية. وظل جنودي الاربعة يطلقون الرصاص. غضبت، وصرخت فيهم: «توقفوا! توقفوا!» لم يفهموا غضبي، لكنهم، على اي حال، اوقفوا اطلاق الرصاص. وعم المكان هدوء هو خليط بين انتصار وهزيمة. لا اعرف هل انتصرنا عليه، ام انتصر هو علينا. لكن، لم يدم الهدوء طويلا. انطلقت نحونا سيول من الرصاص من المنازل المجاورة... تأكد لي ما اعتقدت: وهو ان الاعداء ارسلوا الرجل «كبش فداء» ليكتشفوا المنزل الذي سيطرنا عليه في الليلة الماضية.وبدأت الحرب الحقيقيةقضينا اليوم كله نستهدفهم، وهم يستهدفوننا. قتلنا اعداء، ونسفنا منازل، وساعدتنا دبابات وطائرات. دمرت دبابات «برادلي» كل منزل يصوب منه الاعداء نحونا. ومرة حاصروا دبابة، وتابعوها وهي تتراجع. اعتقدوا انها اصيبت بعطل، وانهم قادرون على الاستيلاء عليها. في الحقيقة، كانت الدبابة تقترب منا، قليلا قليلا. وعندما اقتربت، وجدنا فرصة لنضرب سبعة منهم (ربما كانوا يريدون التسلق فوق سطح الدبابة). قتلنا بعضهم، وهرب البقية. استمر القتال طويلا. لاحظت دبابة مجموعة من الاعداء وصوبت نحوهم صاروخ «تاو» المضاد للدبابات. هذا صاروخ يوجه بإشارات لاسلكية، ويستعمل في حرب الدبابات. لكننا، في مدن العراق، استعملناه ضد الأشخاص الأعداء. إنه ينسفهم نسفا.وأصاب «رويز»، الذي كان يقف الى جانبي واحدا كان يرتدي نعلا مفتوحا. لم يساعده النعل على الهروب، وقضى عليه «رويز». وهتفنا كلنا، وشتمناه، وهو يموت امامنا...كان معنا مايكل وير، مراسل تلفزيون «سي ان ان»، الذي كان يغطي غزو الفلوجة. وكان هناك «ابرناتي»، وهو جندي طبيب، و«برات»، الذي كان من اشجع جنودي، لكن اصابته رصاصة في عضوه التناسلي.صور مراسل «سي ان ان» الحادث، بدون تفاصيل، وبدون تصوير وجه «برات». طلبت طائرة هليكوبتر طبية لنقله الى المستشفى العسكري. سألوني: «لماذا؟» قلت «أصيب اصابة خطيرة». قالوا: «اين». قلت: «في مكان حساس». قالوا: «القانون يقول اننا ننقل الجندي بطائرة هليكوبتر طبية في ثلاث حالات: قتل، او عمى او اصابة خطيرة. مكان حساس ليس اصابة خطيرة.لحسن الحظ، كان هناك «ابرناتي» الذي ضمد جراح «برات»، في انتظار الاسعاف الطبي. حكى لنا مراسل «سي ان ان» عن الاعداء. سماهم «مجاهدين». وسميناهم نحن «موج» (اختصار للاسم). شرح لنا بأنهم محترفون، وانهم من السنة، ومن خارج العراق. وقال: «جاءوا الى هنا ليموتوا. بالنسبة لهم، هذا هو الجهاد الحقيقي». واضاف: «يعرفون انهم لن ينتصروا عليكم. لكنهم يريدون قتلكم واحدا، واحدا. قتل واحد منكم لن يضعف الجيش الاميركي، لكنه، بالنسبة لهم النصر، وكل النصر».انا، بصراحة، لا احب الصحافيين. وكنت اقول انهم مثل العاهرات، يكذبون، ويقولون اي شيء ليترقوا، او حتى لا يفصلوا. لكن «وير» قال لنا اشياء ما كنا نعرفها. انه يعرف اكثر مما تعرف استخباراتنا...»استمرت المعركة حتى غابت الشمس. وصلتنا اخبار قتل راموند سيفين، قائد فرقتنا العسكرية في جبهة اخرى في الفلوجة. ثم اخبار قتل الضابط فولكنبيرغ. هذا هو قائدنا الاعلى في المنطقة. حزنا. لكن، لم يزدنا حزننا غير تصميم على النصر. وعلى قتل كل «موج» نشاهده ونحن في سطوح المنزل.انا، على اقل تقدير، قتلت واحدا. رأيته امامي مباشرة على سطح منزل مجاور: صرخت: «يا ابن الكلب.. أنا الموت الذي يدمر العالم». خلال الليل، صعدوا الى سطح المنزل بسلم من الخارج. ثم نزلوا الى الطابق الاعلى. ومع تبادل رصاص عنيف بالبنادق الاتوماتيكية، اضطررنا لأن ننزل الى الطابق الاسفل. حتى نخطط للخطوة الثانية. نحن نريد ان نخرج من المنزل، لكننا، قبل ذلك، لا بد ان نؤمن خروجنا وسلامتنا.حسب تدريباتنا العسكرية، كان يجب ان اطلب قصفا جويا يدمر الاعداء. لكن، لن يقضي القصف على الاعداء من دون اصابتنا. ولا اقدر على ان اطلب قصفا بدبابة قريبة. ولا بدبابة بعيدة المدى.هذا الهجوم على «منزلنا» لابد ان يكون مخططا له. ولابد ان العدو درس قوتنا وضعفنا قبل ان يفاجئنا. يمنعنا الوضع الذي نحن فيه الآن من استعمال قوتنا العملاقة. لهذا، ليس امامنا سوى ان نواجههم بما نحمل من بنادق «ام 16»، وبما يحملون من بنادق «اي كي 47».بينما «فيت» يتألم، قال «ميسا» انه سيقذف قنبلة الى الطابق الاعلى. صرخ «فيت»: «بحق السماء لا تفعل ذلك. سيتلقفون القنبلة، ويرمونها نحونا. انت لا تعرف اين هم. ربما هنا في اسفل السلم». ونصح «هول» كلا من «وير» و«يوري» بالابتعاد عن السلم. وصاح الطبيب «ابرناثي»: هل اصيب احد؟في هذه اللحظة، اطلق الاعداء رصاصات نحونا بالقرب من السلم. لم تصبنا، لكن اصابنا وهجها، وأضاءت المكان، وهي تنعكس، مثل شرارات طائرة، من حائط الى حائط. نظرت الى اعلى السلم، وبندقيتي في يدي، ورأيت واحدا من الاعداء، وهو يبتسم. وعكس ضوء الرصاص أسناناً بيضاء ناصعة البياض.قلت لنفسي: «عندي طبيب اسنان، وعندي تأمين صحي على اسناني، وانظف أسناني كل صباح. كيف، بحق السماء، تكون اسنان «ابن الكلب» هذا اكثر بياضا من اسناني»؟

Source Alwatan Voice

Demonstration in support of palestine 12.04.2008

Araya human rights organisation is deeply moved by the efforts made by the human rights activists, coming together to reject the many injustices in the world.

Mr Michael Higgins TD,

The Labour party president and Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs

He affirmed the right of the Palestinians to resist the occupation and to protect themselves against the Israeli intervention.

Mrs. Marylou Mc Donald MEP

Sinn Féin Party

Member of the EU Parliament

An outspoken women against the hypocracy of the EU foreign affairs in regards to the Palestinian cause. She is against the EU policy which supports the Israeli state atrocity against the unarmed Palestinians.

مظاهرة استنكار ضد الحرب Demonstration against the war

Araya Human rights Organization

invites

you to demonstrate against the unjust war conducted by the American and their Allies and Israeli in palestine, Iraq and Afganistan,

Venue: Central Bank Dame St Dublin

Day and Time : Sat 12 April 2008, 2 pm

تعلن منظمة الراية لحقوق الانسان عن مظاهرة استنكارية ضد الحرب في فلسطين والعراق وافغانستان

نقطة الالتقاء

Central Bank Dame St Dublin

الوقت

Sat 12 April 2008, 2 pm

adminstration

خروج التسعين سجين من الجماعة الاسلامية المقاتلة

Araya Human Rights Organization
منظمة الراية لحقوق الانسان
arayahro@yahoo.ie




تبادر على اسماعنا خبر خروج التسعين سجين من الجماعة الاسلامية المقاتلة في يوم 8.4.2008 وفي هذا الاثناء نطالب الحكومة الليبية بالافراج عن بقية السجناء من المقاتلة ومن غيرها.
ونطالب باعطاء حقوق جميع المساجين الذين افرج عنهم بشكل سريع حتى يستطيعوا الاندماج في المجتمع واللحاق بالركب بعد ان حرموا كل حقوقهم وفرص تقويم مستقبلهم والحياة الكريمة. كما اننا نطالب بفتح تحقيق دولي حول مصير السجناء المختفين والذين انقطعت اخبارهم عن ذويهم منذ فترة طويلة وتحيمل الدولة الليبية المسؤولية الكاملة عن سلامتهم ومصيرهم.



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