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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Situation in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Iraq</span></font></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> :</span></font></span><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> An update
and press release from Dr. Salam. Dr. Salam attended PHA 2.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Dr.Salam
[mailto:salam.obaidi@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date
Month="8" Day="27" Year="2005"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday, August 27, 2005</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="4" Minute="3"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>4:03 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
press.officer@doctorsforiraq.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: NEW HEALTH/
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AS US FORCES ATTACK AL QAIM CITY, </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>IRAQ</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>For immediate release: </span></font></b><st1:date Month="8"
Day="27" Year="2005"><b><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>27/8/2005</span></font></b></st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>******DOCTORS FOR IRAQ URGENT PRESS RELEASE***** </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:normal'>US/IRAQI
MILITARY LAUNCHES NEW ATTACK ON THE CITY OF </span></font></b></strong><st1:City><st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Al
QAIM</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:City><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b></strong><st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:normal'>WESTERN
</span></font></b></strong><st1:country-region><st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:
normal'>IRAQ</span></font></b></strong></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place><strong><b
style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:normal'>. </span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Reports are coming in of a
new military attack launched in the last few hours in the western city of Al
Qaim, western </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Iraq</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>. Al Qaim,
situated between the Syrian and Iraqi border has an estimated population of
150,000 people including the surrounding villages and towns.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>US/ Iraqi forces have
attacked Al Qaim several times in the past few months; the health and
humanitarian situation inside the city and surrounding areas is desperate. The
main hospital in the area is also under siege and all entrances to the city
have been closed off. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>From early this morning
military aircraft have been bombing the area and firing missiles on the city. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Eyewitness say<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>buildings were bombed heavily in the city
with people inside- it is unclear who was inside the building and how many
people are buried under the rubble of the destroyed buildings </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>One eyewitness reports that
a military missile shell has killed a man in his neighbourhood. The dead man's
family tried to carry him to hospital but couldn't because of shooting from the
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>US</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>/ Iraqi
military. The dead man's family have placed his body in the family refrigerator
until they can access a hospital.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The city is under curfew and
there are reports of many injured people. Civilians are trapped in their homes
and medical teams cannot access the city. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Reports are coming in of
civilians trying to flee the siege areas, but find themselves trapped inside as
the military attack continues. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Fighting has broken out
between the military forces and armed groups in the areas. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Doctors for </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Iraq</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> is calling on
the immediate end of violence in the area so that doctors and medical staff can
treat the injured and begin urgent relief in the city and surrounding areas.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Doctors for </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Iraq</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> is calling for
international human rights organisations to carry out an immediate
investigation into the military attacks and killing of civilians.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Ends</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>for more information contact Dr. Salam Ismael : </span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="mailto:salam.obaidi@doctorsforiraq.org"><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>salam.obaidi@doctorsforiraq.org</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>
Aisha Ismael at : </span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:press.officer@doctorsforiraq.org"><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>press.officer@doctorsforiraq.org</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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