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Viewing cable 06GENEVA763, COMMUNICATION FROM SRS ON ESA EXECUTIONS REGARDING

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06GENEVA763 2006-04-03 14:48 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED US Mission Geneva
R 031448Z APR 06
FM USMISSION GENEVA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9047
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
UNCLAS  GENEVA 000763 
 
 
STATE FOR IO/RHS, DRL/MLA, L/HRR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM UNHRC
SUBJECT: COMMUNICATION FROM SRS ON ESA EXECUTIONS REGARDING 
AN MNF RAID IN IRAQ ON MARCH 15, 2006 
 
1.  Mission received a communication from Philip Alston, 
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary 
Executions, regarding a raid conducted by Multinational 
Forces on March 15, 2006 at the house of Faiz Harrat Al- 
Majma'ee in Iraq.  This communication has been sent via e- 
mail to IO/RHS.  This communication is number 8 on the 
Geneva 2006 Communications Log. 
 
2.  Begin text of letter: 
 
27 March 2006 
 
REFERENCE: AL G/SO 214 (33-23) USA 6/2006 
 
Excellency, 
 
I have the honour to address you in my capacity as Special 
Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary 
executions pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 
2004/37. 
 
I would like to draw the attention of your Government to 
information I have received regarding a raid conducted by 
the Multinational Forces (MNF) on 15 March 2006 in the house 
of Faiz Harrat Al-Majma'ee, a farmer living in the outskirts 
of Al-Iss Haqi District in Balad (Salah-El-Din Governorate). 
 
I have received various reports indicating that at least 10 
persons, namely Mr. Faiz Hratt Khalaf, (aged 28), his wife 
Sumay'ya Abdul Razzaq Khuther (aged 24), their three 
children Hawra'a (aged 5) Aisha ( aged 3) and Husam (5 
months old), Faiz's mother Ms. Turkiya Majeed Ali (aged 74), 
Faiz's sister (name unknown), Faiz's nieces Asma'a Yousif 
Ma'arouf (aged 5 years old), and Usama Yousif Ma'arouf (aged 
3 years), and a visiting relative Ms. Iqtisad Hameed Mehdi 
(aged 23) were killed during the raid. 
 
According to the information received, American troops 
approached Mr. Faiz's home in the early hours of 15 March 
2006. It would appear that when the MNF approached the 
house, shots were fired from it and a confrontation ensued 
for some 25 minutes. The MNF troops entered the house, 
handcuffed all residents and executed all of them. After the 
initial MNF intervention, a US air raid ensued that 
destroyed the house. 
 
Iraqi TV stations broadcast from the scene and showed bodies 
of the victims (i.e. five children and four women) in the 
morgue of Tikrit. Autopsies carries out at the Tikrit 
Hospital's morgue revealed that all corpses were shot in the 
head and handcuffed. 
 
I am aware that the MNF confirmed that an air raid took 
place that day in Balad and that it caused an unconfirmed 
number of casualties. The US military attacked the house to 
capture members of Mr. Faiz Harrat Al-Majma'ee's family on 
the basis that they were allegedly involved in the killing 
of two MNF soldiers who were killed between 6 to 11 March 
2006 in the Al Haweeja area. The US military was further 
reported in the media as stating that MNF troops attacked 
the house in question to capture "a foreign fighter 
facilitator for the Al Qaeda in Iraq network". Other reports 
indicate that over the past five months, there have been a 
significant number of lethal incidents in which the MNF is 
alleged to have used excessive force to respond to perceived 
threats either at checkpoints or by using air bombing in 
civilian areas. 
 
In drawing the attention of your Excellency's Government to 
this information and seeking clarification thereof, I am 
fully aware of the stance taken by your Government in 
correspondence with me regarding the mandate's competence 
regarding killings that are said to have occurred within the 
context of an armed conflict (I refer to your Government's 
letters dated 22 April 2003 and 8 April 2004). 
As explained in my report to the 61st Commission on Human 
Rights, as well as in letters to your Excellency's 
Government of 26 August 2005 and 7 March 2006, however, not 
only the relevant formulation of the mandate but also the 
General Assembly in its resolutions and the now longstanding 
practice of the independent experts successively holding the 
mandate since its creation in 1982 make it clear that 
questions of humanitarian law fall squarely within the 
Special Rapporteur's mandate (See E/CN.4/2005/7, at par. 
45). 
 
I would also recall that the Human Rights Committee has held 
that a State party can be held responsible for violations of 
rights under the Covenant where the violations are 
perpetrated by authorized agents of the State on foreign 
territory, "whether with the acquiescence of the Government 
of [the foreign State] or in opposition to it". (See Lopez 
v. Uruguay, communication No.52/1979, CCPR/C/OP/1 at 88 
(1984), paras. 12.1-12.3.) 
 
Finally, I wish to remind you that UN GA Resolution 59/191 
of 10 March 2005, in its paragraph 1, stresses that "States 
must ensure that any measure to combat terrorism complies 
with their obligation under international law, in particular 
international human right, refugee and humanitarian law". 
 
Without in any way wishing to pre-judge the accuracy of the 
information received, I would be grateful for a reply to the 
following questions: 
 
1.  Are the facts alleged in the above summary of the case 
accurate? On what basis was it decided to kill, rather than 
capture, members of Mr. Faiz Harrat Al-Majma'ee's family. 
 
2.  What rules of international law does your Excellency's 
Government consider to govern these incidents? If your 
Excellency's Government considers the incidents to have been 
governed by humanitarian law, please clarify which treaty 
instruments or customary norms are considered to apply. 
 
3.  What procedural safeguards, if any, were employed to 
ensure that these killings complied with international law? 
 
4.  Does your Excellency's Government intend to provide 
compensation to Mr. Faiz Harrat Al-Majma'ee's relatives. 
 
It is my responsibility under the mandate provided to me by 
the Commission on Human Rights and reinforced by the 
appropriate resolutions of the General Assembly, to seek to 
clarify all such cases brought to my attention.  Since I am 
expected to report on these cases to the Human Rights 
Council I would be grateful for your cooperation and your 
observations. I undertake to ensure that your Government's 
response is accurately reflected in the reports I will 
submit to the Human Rights Council for its consideration. 
 
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of our highest 
consideration, 
 
Philip Alston 
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary 
executions 
 
End text of letter. 
 
MOLEY 
 
 
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