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Iraqi family may sue UK MoD over bombing of family

category international | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Thursday October 30, 2003 14:17author by Tim

10 family members killed

Saw this on SKY digital text, but not on the main news. only other place seems to be the Guardian.
This story needs more publicity and the family should get more support in this.
I have linked to the story, but here's the gist of it.

The Hamoodi family, now living in the UK, haved asked lawyer Imran Khan to help them bring a case against the Ministry of Defence in the UK, following the death of ten members of the family when their house was bombed on April 5th. The Dead included a 70 year old woman and a 4 month old child, whose Basra home was destroyed by so-called 'precision weapons'. At the time the military said that they believed that the house was occupied by Ali Hassan al Majid, commonly referred to as 'Chemical Ali'. This turned out to be incorrect. The family is considering a civil case for unlawful killing or else gross negligence.
read more at the link.

Related Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1073968,00.html

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This was all over the papers
author by Caption Manpublication date Thu Oct 30, 2003 23:20author address author phone

Delete! Delete!!

Is this all Indymedia can come up with? Let's face it, not a lot happens among communist dissidents in Ireland except bickering.

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