Save the lifes of the IRAQIS in Tal-Afar

Dear sirs,
I am writing to you to draw your attention to the tens of Iraqis that are being killed every day by the air raids performed by USA troops in the Tal-Afar town west of Mosul. This town has around 300,000 inhabitant and about 90 Km from the border with Syria. These series of barbaric raids, which started few weeks ago, have been escalated recently. In the last two weeks 157 civilians have been killed and more than 680 were arrested according to military sources. However, actual numbers are much more than those. The majority of people of Tal-Afar have left the town and living in very bad conditions in tents far away from the town . The reason for these air raids, as said by USA troops and Iraqi government officials, is to fight insurgents. In this alleged fighting large number of civilians have been killed and large number of houses were demolished. Airplane bombs and artillery shells do not differentiate between civilians and the alleged insurgents !. The USA troops are used to accuse every civilian they kill as being an insurgent. If there are any insurgent, the government and the USA troops can search houses and capture them to show to the public whom they are and who has sent them. The storming of Tal- Afar is another crime that is similar to those that have been committed in Falloja and other towns. The difference is that Iraqi government is now having more share. Moreover, the action is motivated by ethnic and religious motives. The government is backing the Shiete residents while most of the Iraqi troops are of Kurdish militia. The Iraqi minister of defense has recently threatened to start similar raids on other towns like Ramadi, Falloja, Al-Qaim, Haditha and Samaraa . It is now obvious that the Iraqi towns in which people have spoken against the suggested constitution will be punished for their political views as well !. This is the democracy the new Iraqi politicians are following in Iraq !.

The western media and even Iraqi media were prevented from covering these events. The preventions were manifested by the various killing of reporters, cameramen and even photographers by USA troops when they tried to report on these events. People speaking against the will of the USA troops or the Iraqi government are accused of backing the insurgents and thus are liable to punishment has the form of imprisonment with out trial, killing or bombing .
In light of the above, your organization is urgently requested to act to save the lives of civilians through:-
1- Sending letters to USA Senate, UN General Secretary, UN Security Council, .. etc. asking for the protection of civilians and calling to stop these genocide.
2- Contacting similar organizations for help and support.
3- Explaining to the people of western countries the dimensions of the suffering of the people of towns which are facing USA air raids.

22 Sept 2005

Mohamed Younis
Mosul / IRAQ