- In the Saudi government daily Al-Watan, an article from
Brussels written by Fakhriya Ahmad charges that, based on alleged secret
European military reports, the U.S. military in Iraq is harvesting and
selling human organs. The following day, the story was also published in
the Iranian daily Jomhouri-ye Islami, [1] as well as the Syrian daily Teshreen.
[2] The following are excerpts from the article: [3]
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- "Secret European military intelligence reports indicate
the transformation of the American humanitarian mission in Iraq into a
profitable trade in the American markets through the practice of American
physicians extracting human organs from the dead and wounded, before they
are put to death, for sale to medical centers in America. A secret team
of American physicians follow the troops during their attacks on Iraqi
armed men to ensure quick [medical] operations for extracting some organs
and transferring them to private operations rooms before they are transferred
to America for sale.
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- "The reports confirm the finding of tens of mutilated
cadavers or cadavers missing parts. Some were found without a head. The
American military command could not offer reasons to explain the bewilderment
about the missing parts, suggesting that this may have been caused by the
penetration of bullets to the [missing] parts. But these excuses cannot
be medically accepted. The reports also confirmed that the burning of bodies
was deliberate in order to conceal the crime of organ extraction. [The
reports] further indicate that American medical teams have [made] active
and suspicious moves in Iraq to recruit some Iraqis to guide them to dead
and critically injured individuals to engage in the extraction of organs.
These teams offer $40 for every usable kidney and $25 for an eye. The reports
confirm the finding of mutilated bodies in Fallujah. The reports indicate
that the cadavers are immunized inside special cars to prevent the spread
of the plague until the bodies are buried by their relatives.
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- "The reports have indicated that a number of those
killed in 'Abu Ghraib' and other prisons were subjected to operations for
extracting their organs. Following their mutilations, the bodies were discarded
far from the prisons to conceal the facts. The reports revealed that that
the American forces restricted the media by force to prevent them from
getting near the scenes and recording the events. But the relatives of
the Iraqis are aware of these facts. The reports have [also] indicated
that the military forces of the European allies have noticed the absence
of organs from the cadavers that were dealt with by the Americans and have
reported to their high command, which instructed them to maintain silence
and to avoid the discussion of the subject due to its gravity, while the
military and intelligence high command have written secret reports about
was observed by their forces and sent them to the European ministries of
defense for their information."
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- [1] Jomhouri-ye Islami (Iran), December 19, 2004. http://www.jomhourieslami.com/1383/13830929/index.html.
The article in Jomhouri-ye Islami also included pictures of Iraqis whose
organs had allegedly been taken, including a picture of Abu Ghraib.
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- [2] Teshreen (Syria), December 19, 2004.
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- [3] Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia) December 18, 2004.
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- http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD83404
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