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Gaza Doctors Encounter 'Unexplained Injuries'(NTSA Alert!)
Belfast Telegraph ^ | 9/4/2006 | Donald Macintyre

Posted on 09/04/2006 1:22:52 PM PDT by Dallas59

Doctors in Gaza are reporting what they say are unexplained injuries among the dead and wounded in operations by the Israeli military, which have killed more than 200 Palestinians in the past nine weeks.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering whether there is a case for an investigation into the injuries amid suspicions by the medics that the injuries were inflicted by what they claim may have been unidentified "non-conventional" weapons.

Beside especially severe burning "down to the bones", the doctors say that, in other cases, internal organs have been ruptured without any obvious sign of shrapnel wounds.

While a report from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health said the injuries raised the possibility Israel could be using "unprecedented" projectiles with "radiant" substances, the medics acknowledge that there is no proof so far of their claims. They also admit that the difficulty of establishing the exact cause of death is greatly exacerbated by the reluctance of most bereaved Palestinian families to allow autopsies.

Dr Juma al Saqqa, the director of public relations at Shifa Hospital, said the type of injuries presented by some victims were "very strange" and added: "We think this should be studied. In some cases we have opened the abdomen and found very fragmented organs." He said this was despite X-rays showing no shrapnel lodged in the patients' bodies. He said one, unsubstantiated suggestion by sympathetic doctors consulted in Italy was that some injuries might have been caused by phosphorus.

The concerns were aired at the weekend by a group of Palestinian medics during a visit to Gaza by a delegation from Physicians for Human Rights - Israel (PHR). The delegation agreed to take away fragments of tissue from the bodies of Palestinians killed during the recent military operations in Gaza for possible analysis in Israel but urged the medics to seek an international investigation.

Dr Ambrogio Manenti, the head of the WHO's West Bank and Gaza office, said the organisation had undertaken a short preliminary assessment of the claims and had now referred the issue to the organisation's headquarters in Geneva so that it can decide whether fuller investigation was appropriate. The Israel Defence Forces said yesterday all its "weapons and ammunition are legal under international law and conform with international standards". It said it could not respond in greater detail without more information about the injuries.

A leader of the PHR delegation, Professor Zvi Bentwich, said PHR was focusing on raising the numbers of patients allowed out of Gaza into Israel and Egypt for treatment and the relief of equipment and medicine shortages because of frequent closures of the main Karni crossing, and external training for Palestinian medical staff.

PHR is pressing the Israeli authorities to reduce the costs of patients being treated in Israel. Professor Bentwich said the denial of external specialist treatment to Palestinians was a denial "of the basic human right to health".

He added that military operations since militants captured the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in June had "exacerbated an already appalling situation".The army said the attacks were aimed at releasing Cpl Shalit and halting the firing ofrockets into Israel.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; israel; palestinians
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To: Dallas59
Yes, of course, Jews with rayguns.

Best those Palestinians watch out.

41 posted on 09/04/2006 2:34:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: A.Hun
Please don't tell me you desecrated a Thomas Kinkaid like that.
42 posted on 09/04/2006 2:38:20 PM PDT by snowman1
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To: muawiyah; Salem; All

43 posted on 09/04/2006 2:40:13 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: ASOC

Regular HE ordnance produces overpressure wounds/trauma. It's a lot of what eventually killed Zarwacki.


44 posted on 09/04/2006 2:51:20 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Blueflag

They were trained by Muslims, undisputed leaders in the fields of science and technology*/extreme sarcasm off


45 posted on 09/04/2006 3:03:27 PM PDT by Frank_2001 (*And no, Achmed, not even in the 8th century. Go back to sleep.)
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To: Blueflag

IDF has been getting Romulan plasma weapons/sarcasm


46 posted on 09/04/2006 3:09:40 PM PDT by Fee (`+Great powers never let minor allies dictate who, where and when they must fight.)
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To: Blueflag

I guess you're just as dead from a MK82 as from a nuke, 'eh?


47 posted on 09/04/2006 3:16:03 PM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: ASOC

heh ...

yup :-)


Makes me wonder if some of these guys were in the 'hardened' bunkers. ;-)


48 posted on 09/04/2006 3:47:40 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Blueflag
LOL
Not so hard 'eh?

We used to set up targets at Nellis to document 'munition' blast patterns. It is possble to be in the blast radius and not be struck by fragments - eps if above ground and on semi-level terrain.

Except for cluster munitions, altogether another story there. More like a meat grinder on those puppies.
49 posted on 09/04/2006 4:16:34 PM PDT by ASOC (The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
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To: A.Hun

LOL
I think you find her attractive Hun!


50 posted on 09/04/2006 5:12:29 PM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !")
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To: angcat

Noooooo... ;)

Hey angie!


51 posted on 09/04/2006 5:15:17 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: Dallas59
Good evening.
"...in other cases, internal organs have been ruptured without any obvious sign of shrapnel wounds."

Sounds like overpressure from an explosive going off near them. Good shooting.

Michael Frazier
52 posted on 09/04/2006 5:23:58 PM PDT by brazzaville (no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
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To: A.Hun

Hi Hun,

Did you have a nice Labor Day! I am exhausted chasing a three year old around all day. No holiday for me. Do you believe that Rush will be interviewed on "The Perky One's"
show!


53 posted on 09/04/2006 5:24:38 PM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !")
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel.

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54 posted on 09/04/2006 5:26:06 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Young Werther


Did you mean Feces smeared? Urine, for the most part is sterile. Exceptions being if someone has a UI infection.


55 posted on 09/04/2006 5:26:23 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: etraveler13

I an not surprised that they point the finger at Israel, I mean who else would they point the finger at. Explosive compression..naah, that makes too much sense. Here is another one. Hamas, or Hezzbolah are exploding ordinace that is Chemical in nature to blame Israel. Please note that not one Israeli soldier has chem gear on at any phase of the war. Not so smart if they are using Chem/Bio warfare. But, agents like mustard gas, work on dead bodies just like live ones. So, it just might be better to let the worlds mind wander a bit.
I say that when your pointing a finger at someone else, your pointing three at yourself.


56 posted on 09/04/2006 5:40:52 PM PDT by etraveler13
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

BagBob.....second cousin of Looterdude.


57 posted on 09/04/2006 6:48:05 PM PDT by shankbear
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To: Fiddlstix
LOL!!  !

Put a Star of David on it and you may have something.

58 posted on 09/04/2006 8:35:37 PM PDT by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: Dallas59

AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH it's another horrible example of how Israelis can pinpoint things from miles up in the air. The answer is that devilish Zionist pilots with their uncanny X-ray vision have learned to penetrate the navels of innocent Gazans with death rays developed in the far reaches of the deserts of the United States. These death rays cause conditions previously unknown to the learned doctors of organ fragmentation (electric organs preferred though the keys do get in the way), severe conflagration, irritable vowel syndrome and even worse, independicitis.


59 posted on 09/05/2006 12:24:16 AM PDT by FreeReporting (A leftish Israeli)
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To: Dallas59

By any chance was one of the doctors wearing a green helment?


60 posted on 09/05/2006 10:29:58 AM PDT by Stultis
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