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NewsMine war-on-terror israel hostilities 2002 02-4-siege-apr Viewing Item | Jenin massacre { April 18 2002 } >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:33 PM >Subject: evidence is growing > > > > Jenin massacre 'evidence growing' > > > > > > A British forensic expert who has gained access to the West Bank city of > > Jenin says evidence points to a massacre by Israeli forces. > > Prof Derrick Pounder, who is part of an Amnesty International team granted > > access to Jenin, said he has seen bodies lying in the streets and received > > eyewitness accounts of civilian deaths. > > > > The Dundee University expert said the Amnesty investigation has only just > > begun but Palestinian claims of a massacre were gaining foundation as the > > team continued its analysis. > > > > He said: "The truth will come out, as it has come out in Bosnia and >Kosovo, > > as it has in other places where we've had these kinds of allegations. > > > > "I must say that the evidence before us at the moment doesn't lead us to > > believe that the allegations are anything other than truthful and that > > therefore there are large numbers of civilian dead underneath these > > bulldozed and bombed ruins that we see." > > > > The professor said recovering the bodies would be difficult because many > > buildings collapsed during bombardment. > > > > He said: "We know there are families who were there and killed and buried. > > > > "We were on the ruins yesterday and two elderly men came forward, each of > > them pointed to where their houses had been and one of them told us that >10 > > members of his family were buried under the rubble." > > > > 'Beyond belief' > > > > He said post mortems on two bodies had "given cause for suspicion" and >there > > was "extensive damage" to Jenin. > > > > An area of the town the size of several football pitches has been >flattened. > > > > Prof Pounder was speaking as Israeli forces began to pull out of Jenin and > > the town of Nablus. > > > > A United Nations special envoy described the the devastation as "horrific > > beyond belief". > > > > Terje Roed-Larsen, who visited the Jenin refugee camp on Thursday, > > criticised Israel for not allowing rescue teams in after the battle with > > Palestinian gunmen. > > > > Israeli official reversed a ban on the Amnesty team entering the Jenin > > refugee camp and government hospital on Wednesday. > > > > Amnesty had considered legal action against the Israeli Government over >the > > ban. > > > > ____________________________________________ > > > > > > > >
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