Hospital doctors on strike against Iraqi soldiers
CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY THE HELL THEY SENT OUR TROOPS INTO IRAQ TO KICK SADAM OUT, WHEN THEY HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME SORT OF PEOPLE IN POWER NOW, AHHHHHHHHH THEY WILL KNUCKLE UNDER TO GOD HIMSELF
More than two dozen doctors walked out of the Yarmouk Hospital, one of Baghdad's busiest, on Tuesday in protest of abuse by Iraqi soldiers, leaving some 100 patients behind in the chaotic wards.
According to the doctors the troubles started when soldiers barged into a woman's wing at the hospital, opened curtains and conducted searches as patients lay in their beds on Monday.
A 27-year-old internal medicine specialist said a soldier began intimidating and abusing him.
"Before he left he said, 'Why are you looking in disapproval?' Then he came and punched me lightly on my arm before sticking his rifle into my stomach and loading it," the doctor, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, told a news agency.
"I stayed quiet but relatives of the patients told him to calm down before pulling him out of the room. Just then, four more soldiers came in and pointed a rifle at my head. At that point I became scared and begged them to leave me alone."
Ministry of Defense officials were not available for comment on the incident despite repeated requests.
The new Iraqi government has promised Iraqis that security forces will be built up to protect them from attacks leaving hundreds of dead and wounded. But some say the country's new security forces are too aggressive, randomly rounding up suspects and abusing them during detentions.
The protesting doctors said they will continue with the strike in order to draw attention to army and security forces, whose wounded comrades are often treated at Yarmouk and other hospitals.
"We know the citizens may be a little upset but we have our rights too and we can't operate and provide a service to people if we feel under threat," said Assad Hindi, standing outside the hospital with other physicians.
Bus attack kills 13
A bus carrying Iraqi workers to a U.S. airbase near Baquoba was attacked by gunmen, killing 13 on Tuesday.
According to police colonel Mahdi Saleh assailants in two cars attacked the minibus on its way to al-Faris air base.
Another police official, who declined to give his name, said 10 workers were killed along with three civilians when the bus slammed into a nearby car.
Elsewhere, in northern Kirkuk, a roadside bomb hit a police patrol Tuesday morning, killing a police officer and a civilian, according to police Brig. Sarad Qadir.
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9374
More than two dozen doctors walked out of the Yarmouk Hospital, one of Baghdad's busiest, on Tuesday in protest of abuse by Iraqi soldiers, leaving some 100 patients behind in the chaotic wards.
According to the doctors the troubles started when soldiers barged into a woman's wing at the hospital, opened curtains and conducted searches as patients lay in their beds on Monday.
A 27-year-old internal medicine specialist said a soldier began intimidating and abusing him.
"Before he left he said, 'Why are you looking in disapproval?' Then he came and punched me lightly on my arm before sticking his rifle into my stomach and loading it," the doctor, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals, told a news agency.
"I stayed quiet but relatives of the patients told him to calm down before pulling him out of the room. Just then, four more soldiers came in and pointed a rifle at my head. At that point I became scared and begged them to leave me alone."
Ministry of Defense officials were not available for comment on the incident despite repeated requests.
The new Iraqi government has promised Iraqis that security forces will be built up to protect them from attacks leaving hundreds of dead and wounded. But some say the country's new security forces are too aggressive, randomly rounding up suspects and abusing them during detentions.
The protesting doctors said they will continue with the strike in order to draw attention to army and security forces, whose wounded comrades are often treated at Yarmouk and other hospitals.
"We know the citizens may be a little upset but we have our rights too and we can't operate and provide a service to people if we feel under threat," said Assad Hindi, standing outside the hospital with other physicians.
Bus attack kills 13
A bus carrying Iraqi workers to a U.S. airbase near Baquoba was attacked by gunmen, killing 13 on Tuesday.
According to police colonel Mahdi Saleh assailants in two cars attacked the minibus on its way to al-Faris air base.
Another police official, who declined to give his name, said 10 workers were killed along with three civilians when the bus slammed into a nearby car.
Elsewhere, in northern Kirkuk, a roadside bomb hit a police patrol Tuesday morning, killing a police officer and a civilian, according to police Brig. Sarad Qadir.
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9374
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