U.S. Marines ‘massacre’ Iraqis

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BAGHDAD—Iraqi doctors and international volunteers assisting Doctors Without Borders entered Fallujah April 10 in a bus loaded with medical supplies from agencies in Baghdad, reported Le Anne Clausen of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq on April 13. The city had been under siege for six days.

Hospital workers reported 518 Iraqis killed by U.S. fire as of April 11, including at least 157 women and 146 children. Of the children, 100 were under age 12, and of those, 46 were under age 5. More than 1,200 had been wounded.

Jo Wilding, a volunteer helping evacuate wounded, said, “This was a massacre, and it will get worse.”

CPT workers offered to go to Fallujah but learned that Doctors Without Borders is only accepting Iraqi volunteers because Iraqi militant groups are targeting internationals and their presence might actually endanger injured patients.—CPT

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