>From: "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fresh evidence of Jenin atrocities >Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:12:11 EDT > >Fresh evidence of Jenin atrocities > >By Phil Reeves in Jerusalem > >18 April 2002Middle East Fresh evidence of Jenin atrocities Powell leaves for

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>to our land Mark Steel: Take me to the Promised Land (the long way) > > > > >Evidence of atrocities by Israeli troops in Jenin refugee camp grew yesterday >when a British pathologist said he found "highly suspicious" wounds during >the first autopsy on a victim. Derrick Pounder, professor of forensic >medicine at Dundee University, who is working with Amnesty International, >visited the ruined camp and said: "Claims that a large number of civilians >died and are under the rubble are highly credible.It is not believable that >only a few people have been killed, given the reports we have that a large >number of people were inside three and four-storey buildings when they were >demolished." The autopsy on the 38-year-old Palestinian revealed that "he was >either shot in the foot, and then in the back, or shot in the back first - >receiving a fatal wound - and his corpse was for some reason shot in the >foot," he said. "Whichever order the shots occurred in, it was highly >suspicious". As the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, left for America >yesterday, having failed to secure a ceasefire, international fury was >growing over events at Jenin. The camp, home to 13,500 refugees, was stormed >by Israeli forces a fortnight ago in what Mr Sharon called a >counter-terrorism operation against Palestinian militants. The furore has >severely damaged Israel's international standing, sending it to its lowest >point for several decades. Palestinians who survived the long battle - in >which Israeli helicopters fired rockets and machine-guns into a densely >populated area - have said the Israeli army committed many atrocities. >Witnesses have described people being shot as they surrendered; houses being >bulldozed with people inside; the use of human shields; the burial of 32 >bodies in a trench, and one case of Israeli soldiers turning on the household >gas supply before tossing a stun grenade into a room full of people. Richard >Cook, head of operations for Unrwa - the UN agency for Palestinian refugees - >visited the camp yesterday. He said: "I was absolutely appalled. I >anticipated it to a degree but the devastation was much greater than I >expected." The Foreign Office said "disproportionate and excessive" force had >been used by Israel, and "clearly civilians were not properly protected". >Also in Middle East > >Fresh evidence of Jenin atrocities >Iraqis 'could turn camel virus into bio-weapon' >No ceasefire deal as Powell leaves for US empty-handed >Bethlehem monks make defiant stand in Nativity siege >Ramallah Diary: Ruins will be rebuilt, we shall overcome > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~