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バグダッド近郊のザファラニヤ地区で米軍管理の弾薬集積所爆発、死者多数。ますます、反米感情の火に油。
ますます、反米感情が高まっている模様。また、朝日のほうでは、書い
ていないが、ニューヨークタイムスに出ていたこの箇所に注目した。
>Zafaraniyah is home to Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and Christians.
>
>Hundreds of people in private vehicles began evacuating the neighborhood
>at the behest of U.S. soldiers. Many chanted angrily and waved
>their fists at the troops.
>
>"This is the responsibility of the U.S. Army because we told them
>this is a civilian area," one man said from a beat-up white car.
>In one truck, people chanted, "America's no better than Saddam."
>
>King said some Iraqis in the area were throwing rocks
>and spitting at U.S. soldiers.
>ザファラニヤはスンニ派・シーア派イスラム教徒、またキリスト教徒にと
>ってのふるさとである。
>米軍の避難命令で、何百人もの市民が自家用車で避難した。そして、多く
>の人々が怒りながら叫びこぶしを振り上げて米軍に講義した。
>「これは米軍の責任である。何故なら、ここは市民の住宅地だと米軍には
>言っていたからだ。」と車に乗った一市民。また、トラックに乗った人々
>は「アメリカはサダムより悪い」と叫んでいた。何人かのイラク市民は、
>米兵に向かって投石し唾を吐きかけたとのことである。
以下、それぞれ、朝日新聞とニューヨークタイムズ。
バグダッド郊外で米軍管理の弾薬集積所爆発、死者多数か
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http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0426/014.html
バグダッド市南東のザファラニヤで２６日、弾薬集積所が爆発し、周辺の
家屋や乗用車が壊れた
バグダッド市南東のザファラニヤ地区で２６日朝、米軍管理下の弾薬集
積所が爆発し、ＡＰ通信によると周辺の住民ら少なくとも９人が死亡した。
現地の米軍は「攻撃によるものだ」としている。９日のバグダッド制圧以
後、イラク側の武装勢力による最大規模の反撃の可能性が出ている。
イラク軍が残した弾薬を、米軍が旧イラク軍基地内に集積、管理してい
た。午前８時ごろから９時ごろまで断続的に爆発があり、米軍によると米
兵１人がけがをした。
集積所を管理する米軍は「何者かが弾薬庫に点火した」と説明。しかし、
ロイター通信によると地元住民は「米軍のせいだ」と怒り、米兵に対し投
石などで抗議しているという。
地元住民が朝日新聞記者に語ったところでは、ミサイルかロケット弾が
４発飛来し、１発は近くの民家に着弾した。この家の５人が死亡した。別
の住民は「病院で１６人の遺体を見た」と話した。
爆発の震動は市内中心部にも伝わり、衝撃で建物のガラスが割れた。市
民は「空爆が再開されたのでは」と心配した。 (04/26 20:23)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq-Explosions.html
Blasts Kill at Least 9 at Baghdad Ammunition Dump
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD - Attackers fired flares at an American ammunition dump on Baghdad's
outskirts Saturday, setting off powerful explosions that killed at least nine
civilians, including three babies, U.S. soldiers said. Hospital officials said
more than 20 people were injured.
Angry residents, believing the Americans were to blame for the blasts, fired on
U.S. troops trying to treat the injured and recover bodies from the rubble,
driving them from the area for a short time.
"We took out six bodies. We were about to dig out three babies when they opened
fire on us," Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Coker told Associated Press Television News.
Coker said the flares that hit the dump were fired by "somebody who knew what a
pistol flare -- if that's what it was -- could do if it landed on a pile of
ammunition. I mean, it was acres of stuff."
"The flares landed on some ammo boxes and that's what started it," said Sgt. 1st
Class Roger King.
An open bed truck loaded with six coffins, presumably carrying victims of the
blasts, drove through the neighborhood. Men stood around the coffins and chanted,
"Down with America!" Residents said at least seven people had died.
"I have seen many people crying and I have seen many houses destroyed," said Ali
Jawid, another resident. "There were many explosions, many shards of missiles
hit the buildings."
The ordnance was stored in a large field surrounded by high walls in the
Zafaraniyah neighborhood and was part of huge hauls of munitions that U.S.
forces have been gathering from around the capital.
Residents dug through the rubble, looking for bodies. Four houses were destroyed,
with all the windows on the street shattered and many walls collapsed.
The smell of sewage permeated the air after sewer lines broke. A deep crater in
the middle of the road filled up with the dirty water.
A bed covered in glass lay on the street, with an empty baby cradle on top of it.
Residents said the baby had been taken to the hospital. An unexploded missile
also lay amid the ruins, as did a statue of the Virgin Mary. Zafaraniyah is home
to Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims and Christians.
Hundreds of people in private vehicles began evacuating the neighborhood at the
behest of U.S. soldiers. Many chanted angrily and waved their fists at the
troops.
"This is the responsibility of the U.S. Army because we told them this is a
civilian area," one man said from a beat-up white car. In one truck, people
chanted, "America's no better than Saddam."
King said some Iraqis in the area were throwing rocks and spitting at U.S.
soldiers.
In recent days, there have been controlled explosions at the same ammunitions
dump as U.S. force destroyed arms caches. U.S. soldiers were keeping reporters
away from the scene. But the military said civilians were being treated for
injuries near the site of the blasts.
Col. John Peabody, commanding officer of U.S. Army's 11th Engineering Brigade,
said the Americans were not to blame. "Our early indications are that it came
from an outside source," he said.
Army Spc. Kevin Braam said the dump stored both Iraqi and U.S. ammunition.
"That was not us that caused the explosions," he said. "I don't know if it was a
civilian upset at us or if a militia may have caused it, but we're not the ones.
"
Elsewhere in Iraq, a top U.S. Marine officer said the peaceful departure of a
Shiite Muslim cleric who had occupied the city hall in the city of Kut should
reduce tension there.
The cleric, Said Abbas, left the city hall Friday evening after Marines
delivered a letter demanding his departure. The Marines had threatened to arrest
him on charges of theft and destruction of property if he failed to comply.
Backed by dozens of armed bodyguards, Abbas took over the city hall and claimed
control of Kut more than a week ago. His followers had been protesting the
presence of U.S. troops.
The people of Kut "can feel a bit more secure knowing Abbas is not trying to
take charge of the town, where he never had authority to do so," said Col. Ron
Johnson.
Marines say Abbas is a member of the Iran-based Supreme Council of the Islamic
Revolution -- the largest Shiite Muslim opposition group. The council's leaders
have called for an end to the U.S. presence in Iraq and are lobbying for an
Islamic government.
"They have their agendas and we recognize that," Johnson said. "But we recognize
the agendas of a lot of other people as well. It's not always the most vocal
that have the majority."
In another sign of returning normalcy in Kut, 100 schools reopened Saturday for
the first time since the war, Johnson said. Marines had earlier cleared weapons
from the schools, where they had been hidden by fighters loyal to Saddam Hussein.
In Baghdad, teachers reported to work in scattered schools across the city but
found no students to instruct as security concerns persisted and administrators
awaited orders from a government that doesn't yet exist.
"People won't send their children to school without hearing some kind of
instruction in the media," said Abdul Zahra Fadel, assistant headmaster at the
Mohammed Dura Middle School.
With no television or newspapers, that is a tall task. Iraq also has no
operating Education Ministry to order classes resumed.
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