Islam memo. 1 March2005



Dr. Khalid Al-Sheikhly, a representative of the Iraqi Ministry of Health and who has been appointed to evaluate the health situation in Fallujah following the end of hostilities in that ravaged city; has declared that the results of surveys and researches reported to the Ministry of Health by a medical team confirm the utilization by the American Occupation Forces of internationally prohibited materials such as mustard gas and nerve agents and other burning materials during their assault on Fallujah.
In the beginning of his speech, in the press conference which was held on Tuesday in the building of the Ministry of Health at Bab Al-Muadham in Baghdad, Dr. Al-Sheikhly has talked about the final results of the Truth Searching (Finding) Committee on the situation and plight of the Fallujah inhabitants. He said that the city is still situated under the influence of chemical agents and other materials which cause in the long run dangerous and debilitating diseases for the civilian population.

About the truth of the usage of limited nuclear explosives, Dr. Al-Sheikhly said: what I have seen during our research in Fallujah made me to believe about all what had been mentioned about that battle, and I never exclude their usage of nuclear and chemical materials, hence, all natural forms and diversities have been obliterated and finished in that city. We have seen tens if not hundreds of wild dogs, cats and birds died because of those gases.

Dr. Al-Sheikhly pledged in the press conference which was attended by 20 Iraqi and Arab journalists that he will send the results of the studies conducted in Fallujah to the responsible authorities whether it were Iraqi or international bodies. The press conference was also attended by the news correspondents of the Iraqi Al-Sharqia television station, the Iraqi government satellite television station, the Al-Somaria channel, the Iraqi Al-Sabah news paper as well as journalist representing other television and foreign news papers such as the Washington Post, the American Nightrider and the Islam Memo.

This proclamation is considered the most important and most serious declaration so far following the end of the military operations in Fallujah which lasted for about four months or less. The Islam memo was the first to point out the use by the occupation forces of gases and other burning chemical agents during the first day of the onslaught on Fallujah.