UN: International Control over Army and Police Tools in the Murder Operations

Baghdad – The United Nations held all Iraqi parties as liable for the murder and injury of 26 thousand Iraqis due to terrorist attacks, and illegal assassinations and executions since last September 1 until October 31.

I a report under the title of "the situation of human rights from last September 1 to October 31" pointed out, "The repetitive bombarding campaigns that were executed by armed groups against civilians and mosques have led to increasing worries regarding the deterioration of relations among the members of the community and turned into a state of fear, hatred and revenge."

It added, "Great parts of Iraq are still suffering from a state of general collapse of law and order, which is represented in the spread of violence all over the country."

In its report, the United Nations pointed out, "The terrorist attacks and illegal targeted assassination operations and executions have led to the murder and injury of hundreds of civilians."

It noted, "The wide-scale security operations launched on behalf of the Special Forces and Iraqi police are still ignoring the instructions announced on behalf of Bayan Baqer Soulagh last August, for securing protection for individuals during detention and search operations."

The report confirmed, "The current military operations, especially in western and northern regions of the country, are still causing the immigration and suffering of thousands of families, in addition to causing severe harm to civilians in general."

The report pointed out, "The random murder operations and terrorist acts that occurred in several parts of Iraq are still resulting in the murder of hundreds of people and disabling many others, including children."

The report believed, "The spread of armed militias and terrorist and criminal organizations that are acting without fear of penalty, represents major challenge of law and order, and a threat for the security of citizens." It considered that extreme worries arise from the fact that "some crimes have been committed on behalf of persons in police or army uniform, who are using their equipments and devices."

The report shed the light on the fact that "the sectarian violence in some regions, including Baghdad, aims at shaking the peaceful coexistence which has always been, until recently, the distinguishing characteristic for the common relationships among the constituents of the Iraqi community." It noted, "The received reports from districts in Baghdad, such as Al Hurriya, Al Azamiyah, Al Ameriyah, Al Khadra, Abu Dasheer, New Baghdad and Al Dawra, show that the current violence has resulted in the immigration of individuals and their families to the neighboring districts after being exposed to threats and murder."

The report hinted to "receiving reports about similar immigration cases to and from Al Basra, Baghdad, Nainawa and Al Anbar.' According to the report, there are "repetitive reports from preliminary sources stating that the Arabs residing in Iraq are still victims of disgrace, hatred, provocation and abusive detention, due to an alleged belief that they are linked to 'the foreign fighters'.

The United Nations Human Rights' Office has expressed its worries "for the presence of a great number of detainees in the country." It said that the total number of detainees is continuously increasing, due to the mass detentions that were executed recently during the security and military operations."

The report pointed out that the great majority of the detainees were arrested by the multinational forces for "urgent security reasons". The United Nations confirmed that it would continue its efforts for assisting the Iraqi government in "its attempts to adopt a culture based on the dominance of law and respecting human rights." The United Nations has expressed "that it is sorry for the re-activation of the death sentence". It urged the Iraqi government to "alleviate all the death sentences that would be issued in the future for encouraging the right to survive."

The United Nations said that according to the list submitted by the Iraqi government, there are 54 persons waiting for execution, while there are 2 persons in Erbil waiting to be executed." The United Nations expressed its worries for "extending the alert state all over Iraq, except for the three northern provinces."

It believed that under the increase of the rate of violence and violations of human rights, the Iraqi authorities should concentrate on fighting the phenomenon of escaping penalty, which is widely spread and has not been confronted, as it would cause serious damages to the supremacy of law and peaceful coexistence."

Al Zaman

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