16.05.2000
RECENTLY THE US AND BRITAIN HAVE BEEN INTENSIFYING THEIR BOMB RAIDS AGAINST IRAQI TERRITORY, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SO-CALLED NO-FLY ZONES. MOREOVER, IN A RECENT AIR RAID A NUMBER OF CIVILIAN TARGETS IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SAMAWA IN SOUTHERN IRAQ WERE EXPOSED TO INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING ¹ 415
415-16-5-2000Unofficial translation from Russian
PRESS RELEASE
Recently the US and Britain have been intensifying their bomb raids against Iraqi territory, in particular, in the so-called no-fly zones. Moreover, in a recent air raid a number of civilian targets in the township of Samawa in southern Iraq were exposed to indiscriminate bombing. Nine people, including a three-year-old child, were injured, and considerable damage to property was caused. The premises of a teacher training college and a technical institute were damaged.In this context we would like to reiterate anew the need for an end to actions by the US and Britain in the so-called no-fly zones over the territory of Iraq, actions which are absolutely unlawful from the point of view of the international law. In practice this policy line only leads to more casualties and damage in Iraq and subverts the efforts for restoring Baghdad's cooperation with the UN in the arms control sphere.
May 16, 2000
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