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Annex IX: Attacks on Palestinian Refugees in Iraq
The following provides an overview of attacks on Palestinian refugees in Iraq since
September 2006. Please note that – in contrast to the other Annexes, the reports of attacks
on Palestinians were gathered by UNHCR from private sources, and to the extent possible
verified with the UN or other agencies. As states earlier, this list is not exhaustive.
• 28 February 2007: Reportedly in response to the attack on Al-Doura neighbourhood and
the discovery of the badly beaten body of the Palestinian male killed on 26 February
(mentioned below), 47 Palestinians fled to the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing of Al-Walid.
By month’s end, there were 471 Palestinians in Al-Walid.
• 25 February 2007: There were reports that Mehdi Army militiamen attacked the Al-
Sihha compound in Baghdad’s Al-Doura neighbourhood, raiding apartments, beating
and robbing Palestinians. Two Palestinians were reportedly abducted. One was later
released claiming he had been badly beaten. The badly beaten body of the second was
reportedly found the next day. Photos were shared with UNHCR; however the person in
the photos is so badly beaten his face is unrecognizable.
• 22 February 2007: The home of a Palestinian man in Baghdad’s Ghazaliya District was
reportedly raided by Ministry of Interior Special Forces and he and his family were
beaten and robbed. He and six other Iraqis were detained. While the Iraqi detainees were
released the next day, the Palestinian man remained in detention in the third brigade
camp in Al-Amiriya, having been reportedly subjected to severe physical abuse.
• 16 February 2007: Three Palestinians were arrested in Baladiyat compound. There were
reports that their families, as well as the family of a fourth man, who had been detained
several months earlier, were subsequently requested to pay a ransom of US $2,500 for
the release of each person by the ISF. Despite the fact that the ransom was paid, the men
were not released. The same day, 29 Palestinians arrived at the Iraqi-Syrian border.
• 11 February 2007: A Palestinian male from Baladiyat disappeared while driving his taxi.
His body was found four days later. In an unrelated incident, another Palestinian male,
from Tobji District, was reportedly abducted from his home by members of the Mehdi
Army. He was released three days later after being seriously beaten.
• 10 February 2007: Thirty-two Palestinians arrived at the Iraqi-Syrian border.
• 9 February 2007: A Palestinian male was reportedly stopped and abducted by persons in
a black car after leaving his home in Baladiyat.
• 8 February 2007: A Palestinian male was reportedly abducted from the street in Al-
Doura. The same day, eight Palestinians arrived at the Iraqi-Syrian border.
• 7 February 2007: A Palestinian man, whose home had been attacked by mortars on 27
January 2007, was reportedly gunned down and killed along with two Iraqi friends by
four masked, armed men. Also, 14 Palestinians arrived at the Iraqi-Syrian border.
• 6 February 2007: Fifty-one Palestinians arrived at the Iraqi-Syrian border.
• 4 February 2007: A Palestinian man from Tobji District in Baghdad was reportedly
arrested by Special Forces of the Ministry of Interior and released the same day after
having been severely beaten.
• 1 February 2007: A Palestinian man (and father of a child killed in the 13 December
2006 attack on Al-Baladiyat), was stopped on his way to work and taken away at an ISF
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