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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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