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“Our convoys sent on Sunday and Monday have been prevented from entering the city by US troops and our information from inside is that families are without food, power and potable water, particularly because they cannot leave their homes,” noted Abdel Hameed, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS).
This, they say, has left hundreds of families without medical assistance and food supplies.
“Innocent people and especially children are suffering from a lack of supplies in and on the outskirts of Samarra,” said Muhammad al-Daraji, Director of the Monitoring Net of Human Rights in Iraq (MHRI).
“US and Iraqi military groups have prevented the entrance of local NGOs as well as the media to show the reality of human rights violation inside it,” he added.
According to al-Daraji, no citizens have been allowed to leave the city, some 120 km north of the capital, Baghdad, since the operation began on 16 March. US forces along with Iraqi commandos say the operation is necessary to flush out insurgents in the area.
“We have been informed that they are taking the men for interrogation and leaving women and children alone in their homes afraid and desperate for supplies,” al-Daraji added.
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