Iraqis fed up with bloodshed, UN should undertake responsibility

19 April 2008

Baghdad-Iraqi people are fed up with further bloodshed and carnage in their country and the United Nations should assume its responsibility of stopping humanitarian crisis there.

The US and British forces conduct indiscriminate bombardment of residential areas on Basra and Sadr City killing innocent children and youth.

Notwithstanding its refusal to become involved in Iraq's reconstruction and the failure to meet the basic obligation of the occupying powers to safeguard the lives of the people of the country under occupation, the US forces caused further bloodshed in Iraq.

Instead of helping the democratically elected government of Iraq to bolster national reconciliation, the US stirs up further conflicts and bloodshed in the country.

The Iraqi people simply ask: Isn't the five-year bloodshed enough? When must we live in peace?

Iraqi intellectuals say that the US is pursuing a scorched earth policy in Iraq.

British artillery and US warplanes are firing missiles on residential areas in Sadr City and Basra.

"Stop the bloodshed," said an Iraqi intellectual.

"The entire world community is aware of the fact that the US has come to Iraq to take our oil. Okay, do so, but why are you killing us?" he asked.