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The League for Defending
People's Demands in Kirkuk (LDPDK) has
brought a lawsuit against the US military
and the Iraqi police forces. We in the
League accuse these forces of committing the
massacre of January 1, 2006 after provoking
people and opening fire on their peaceful
march. The incident resulted in four deaths
with many injured. A number of private homes
and a considerable amount of property were
damaged.
We take this legal action
as a means of expressing our anger and
condemnation at this revolting crime
committed against defenseless people. We
want those responsible for giving the order
to open fire brought to justice.
We call on all
freedom-loving people, human rights
organizations, legal organizations and law
experts in Iraq and worldwide to stand with
us and support our campaign against the
ongoing and blatant violations of human
rights in Iraq.
We seek to prevent the
oppressive American and governmental Iraqi
forces from committing more crimes like
this. We seek to compel them to respect the
right of the people to demonstrate, strike,
hold sit-ins and engage in other civil
methods of protest and struggle to achieve
their demands.
We call on all relatives
and friends of the victims and those people
who sustained damage as a result of this
crime to contact us. We need a record of
what you saw the US troops and the Iraqi
police do.
The following is the text
of the lawsuit lodged on January 4, 2006 in
the Kirkuk Investigation Court.
For more information contact; Mohammad Aziz
on 009647701325656 or Ramthan Saber on
009647701324181
Mohammed Aziz
League for Defending People's Demands in
Kirkuk.
January 6, 2006
To the head of
Kirkuk Investigation Court;
Re; Lodging a
lawsuit
Dear Sir,
On January 1,
2006 the masses of people in Rahimawa, a
suburb of the city of Kirkuk organized a
peaceful demonstration against the huge
rice of fuel prices. However due to the
provocations by the US troops and Iraqi
police the demonstration organized for
fair demands turned voilent and the US
troops opened fire on demonstrators. We
demand that you investigate this case,
reveal the identity of those who opened
fire on demonstrators and prosecute them
and compensate the victims and their
families. We will provide witnesses who
incriminate the US troops and Iraqi
police for committing this massacre.
Mohammed Aziz
League for Defending People's Demands in
Kirkuk.
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