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EAW's Quick Links 3-26-03
Iraqi Civilians Desperate to Survive
In a desperate hunt for water and food in south, Iraqis drink
dirty water from
wells and comb hospitals searching for medicine. Civilians pose
as
soldiers and try to surrender, in hopes of being fed by US or
British forces.
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-03-25/s_3494.asp
Giving the Devil
His DU
The UN Environment Programme has issued a report documenting
the ongoing pollution problems posed by depleted uranium (DU)
ammunition
used by NATO forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the mid-1990s. UNEP
found DU contamination in groundwater and drinking water and
in the air, suggesting that wind or human activity can disturb
DU dust long
after weapons are fired. DU, a heavy metal used primarily for
penetrating tanks and other armored targets, is suspected of
causing cancer and
other health problems. A least 300 metric tons of it were fired
during the 1991 Gulf War, and it has already been used in the
current campaign
in Iraq. BBC News, Alex Kirby, 26 Mar 2003
http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=938
See
the UNEP report: http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=941
International
Law: Coalition Attack on TV station may be unlawful
Human Rights Watch (26 March 2003) — Iraqi TV may not be targeted
solely because it is being used for propaganda purposes, Human Rights
Watch said today. The U.S. military command in Qatar announced that
on March 26, coalition forces attacked Iraq’s main TV station
in Baghdad.
http://electronicIraq.net/news/443.shtml
Amnesty International
Fears both Sides Committing War Crimes
(26 March 2003) — "At times of war many civilian activities
can be seen as supporting, in a general way, the war effort. But
to accept that all such activities can be targeted is to accept the
logic of 'total war'. Preventing the devastation of such 'total wars'
has been one of the key underpinnings for the development of the
rules of war in recent decades," Claudio Cordone of Amnesty
International warned today.
http://electronicIraq.net/news/423.shtml
A Tomahawk Is Not Always
on Target
A report in The Guardian (London) debunks the concept of the
tomahawk missile as a proven means to a high-tech, low-body bag
war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,918712,00.html
POWs
Mistreated in Iraq and the US Cries Foul. What about Guantanamo?
March 25, 2003 — “Suddenly, the US has discovered the
virtues of international law (Article 13 of the third convention,
concerning the treatment of prisoners). It may be waging an illegal
war against a sovereign state; it may be seeking to destroy every
treaty which impedes its attempts to run the world, but when five
of its captured soldiers were paraded in front of the Iraqi television
cameras on Sunday, Donald Rumsfeld, the US defense secretary, immediately
complained that "it is against the Geneva convention to show
photographs of prisoners of war in a manner that is humiliating for
them".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,921192,00.html
Depleted
Uranium Contaminates Bosnia-Herzegovina
ENS (March 25, 2003) — DU being dispersed in the atmosphere
and ground water during the "liberation" of Iraq will
presumably occur in much greater quantities than in Bosnia, especially
if the
conflict drags out much longer. For the first time, a United Nations
research team has confirmed that depleted uranium from weapons
used in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1994 and 1995 has contaminated
local
supplies of drinking water, and can still be found in dust particles
suspended in the air. Depleted uranium is used in armor-penetrating
military ordinance because of its high density, and also in the
manufacture of defensive armor plate.
http://ens-news.com/ens/mar2003/2003-03-25-04.asp
Online Film
on British Bases Used for Iraq Attack
Folks in England have created a short film called “NO BASES
FOR WAR” about US satellite installations in northern England
called Menwith Hill and Fylingdales. These installations are now
being upgraded for Star Wars and are helping to direct the current
US war with Iraq.
The short film can be viewed on-line by clicking on the link
below and hitting "View." You need RealMedia to view it. An
mpg version is coming for folks with Windows Media Player.
http://www.beyondtv.org/pages/feature_page.php/134/
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