segovius
06-03-2005, 03:23 AM
Iraq War Update (http://iraqwar.mirror-world.ru/article/52163)
US occupation forces announced on their propaganda radio beamed at local residents of ar-Ramadi that the US military would stop raiding houses and mosques, would open roads to local people and turn the electricity and drinking water supply in the city back on if local residents would cooperate by informing the American occupation troops of the locations and bases of Iraqi Resistance fighters operating in the city against the Americans.
The statement on the US radio said that the US would launch a program for employing unemployed youths and offer financial help for those wanting to get married on condition that the men and women of ar-Ramadi cooperate and inform the Americans on the Resistance fighters.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Americans made the announcement more than six times by the time he filed his report (posted at 10:22am Mecca time Wednesday morning). The US propaganda station also jammed other local and international radio stations to force listeners in their cars or homes to hear their announcement.
The statement told residents that they could dial the special local telephone number 104 to contact the occupation troops – whom they called “the coalition forces” – to inform them of the whereabouts of Resistance fighters, whom it called “terrorists.”
At the same time, however, the American propaganda radio warned that the people of ar-Ramadi would meet a fate similar to that of the residents of al-Fallujah together with all the destruction inflicted on their city during the US offensives there, if they failed to cooperate with the Americans.
This is a war crime under the Geneva convention - it falls under the category of collective punishment.
Other points of note: it proves that the US are actually responsible for the removal of electricity - or, at the very least that they could turn it back on if they wish.
In the two years of the occupation there has been a one percent increase in electricity services and now the vast majority of homes in Iraq are without power for more than 50% of the time.
Also note that a few days ago the Iraqi government announced that it may decrease subsidies for fuel and electricity, despite a severe shortage of both in the country, according to the electricity minister who warned Iraqis to prepare for more blackouts this summer.
Another point of interest in the US threats above is the offer of jobs - unemployment is at 50% now in Iraq and this 'offer' clearly shows this is a manufactured situation that could be alleviated.
One last point: the threat of reprisals 'like Fallujah' with it's chilling wehrmacht undertones - this is also a war crime of collective punishment and possibly worse since, exactly as in Fallujah, there were no 'terrorists' there and both threats and the subsequent killings were carried out against an unarmed civilian population.
US occupation forces announced on their propaganda radio beamed at local residents of ar-Ramadi that the US military would stop raiding houses and mosques, would open roads to local people and turn the electricity and drinking water supply in the city back on if local residents would cooperate by informing the American occupation troops of the locations and bases of Iraqi Resistance fighters operating in the city against the Americans.
The statement on the US radio said that the US would launch a program for employing unemployed youths and offer financial help for those wanting to get married on condition that the men and women of ar-Ramadi cooperate and inform the Americans on the Resistance fighters.
The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported that the Americans made the announcement more than six times by the time he filed his report (posted at 10:22am Mecca time Wednesday morning). The US propaganda station also jammed other local and international radio stations to force listeners in their cars or homes to hear their announcement.
The statement told residents that they could dial the special local telephone number 104 to contact the occupation troops – whom they called “the coalition forces” – to inform them of the whereabouts of Resistance fighters, whom it called “terrorists.”
At the same time, however, the American propaganda radio warned that the people of ar-Ramadi would meet a fate similar to that of the residents of al-Fallujah together with all the destruction inflicted on their city during the US offensives there, if they failed to cooperate with the Americans.
This is a war crime under the Geneva convention - it falls under the category of collective punishment.
Other points of note: it proves that the US are actually responsible for the removal of electricity - or, at the very least that they could turn it back on if they wish.
In the two years of the occupation there has been a one percent increase in electricity services and now the vast majority of homes in Iraq are without power for more than 50% of the time.
Also note that a few days ago the Iraqi government announced that it may decrease subsidies for fuel and electricity, despite a severe shortage of both in the country, according to the electricity minister who warned Iraqis to prepare for more blackouts this summer.
Another point of interest in the US threats above is the offer of jobs - unemployment is at 50% now in Iraq and this 'offer' clearly shows this is a manufactured situation that could be alleviated.
One last point: the threat of reprisals 'like Fallujah' with it's chilling wehrmacht undertones - this is also a war crime of collective punishment and possibly worse since, exactly as in Fallujah, there were no 'terrorists' there and both threats and the subsequent killings were carried out against an unarmed civilian population.