In
Iraq, As Camp
Ashraf Heat
Up,
Hospitalizations
& Hoping
for the Best?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 27 --
Things are
overheating,
literally, in
the move
in Iraq from
Camp Ashraf to
Camp Liberty.
Earlier today,
after
Ashrafis say
they were left
to wait three
hours in
temperatures
over
100 degrees
Fahrenheit,
violence broke
out. Photos of
beaten
Ashrafis,
including an
older man
bleeding from
the head, have
been
sent to Inner
City Press.
Inner
City Press
understands
that the UN
acknowledges
that personnel
of its
mission,
UNAMI, were
present on the
scene, and
that some
Ashrafis
were
hospitalized.
This
contradicts
the claim by
Gorges Bakoos,
an
adviser to
Iraq's
premier, there
there was no
violence, nor
any
injuries. But
see:
The Ashafis
say the
incident was
triggered by
"Captain
Haidar."
The
UN understands
that
relocation of
the 400
Ashrafis will
continue
tomorrow,
provided
"things don't
heat up
further." They
decline
comment, on
the theory
that responses
only bring
more
replies.
But
it would seem
that some of
the below
should be
responded to:
--In
addition to
going through
detector, the
Iraqis
conducted body
search
of almost
every
resident;
--Many
of the
residents
belongings
including
computers were
not approved
during the
inspection.
Even some
computer
accessories
were stopped
without any
justification;
--the
Government of
Iraq has not
allowed the
generators to
be transferred
to Camp
Liberty. There
is no
justification
for such
prohibition.
The
Government of
Iraq is now
laying claim
to all
generators;
and
--The
Iraqis are not
even
transferring
the trailers
for the
disabled. As
you recall for
months Kobler
was making
propaganda
about Iraq
generosity for
allowing
disabled
trailers to be
transferred.
The
Iraqis are now
promising that
they will
transferred
them next
time.
We'll
see.
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