Russia's and Assad's War Crimes in Syria
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You don't drop barrel bombs from "planes", only helicopters.
Actually you can drop them from planes, but that's irrelevant, as who said there were no helicopters?
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Also, "barrel bombs" are a very low-tech weapon which exposes the bomber to ground fire, since they need to be dropped from relatively slow-moving, low-flying helicopters. They also tend to be low yield.
Stop sigging*. Only dropped from helicopters? Low yield??
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A barrel bomb is an improvised unguided bomb, sometimes described as a flying IED (improvised explosive device). They are typically made from a large barrel-shaped metal container that has been filled with high explosives, possibly shrapnel, oil or chemicals as well, and then dropped from a helicopter or airplane.[1] Due to the large amount of explosives (up 1,000 kilograms), their poor accuracy and indiscriminate use in populated civilian areas (including refugee camps), the resulting detonations have been devastating.[2][3][4] Critics have characterised them as weapons of terror and illegal under international conventions.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_bomb
Needless to say, a metric tonne of high explosives is not low yield.
*'Sigging' definition - "Speaking as if you know what you are talking about."
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More on barrel bombs, from Amnesty International:
The residents here talk about 'planes' dropping the barrels, while the pictures show helicopters, so perhaps there is some confusion (or maybe the words in Arabic are interchangeable?).
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Dozens of U.S. Diplomats Press Obama to Strike Syria's Assad: Reports
Dozens of U.S. diplomats have reportedly called for airstrikes against the government of Syria's President Bashar Assad in an internal memo that amounted to a scathing critique of White House policy.
The "dissent channel cable" was signed by 51 State Department officers who have been involved with U.S.-Syria policy, an official familiar with the memo told The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dozens-u-s-diplomats-press-obama-str
ike-syria-s-assad-n594156
Hope we do it soon.
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Russia's State TV Airs Evidence Of Russian Cluster Bombs In Syria
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Russia’s state-run RT network has broadcast footage appearing to show Russian jets in Syria armed with cluster bombs, weapons which are widely condemned for their indiscriminate nature and which Moscow has denied using during its intervention in the five-year-old conflict.
A news segment aired by RT on June 18 showed two canister-like attachments under the wing of a Russian jet that bear codes identified by independent activists as those of Russian cluster munitions.
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-rt-tv-cluster-bombs-syria/27809812
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Russia's State TV Airs Evidence Of Russian Cluster Bombs In Syria
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Russia’s state-run RT network has broadcast footage appearing to show Russian jets in Syria armed with cluster bombs, weapons which are widely condemned for their indiscriminate nature and which Moscow has denied using during its intervention in the five-year-old conflict.
A news segment aired by RT on June 18 showed two canister-like attachments under the wing of a Russian jet that bear codes identified by independent activists as those of Russian cluster munitions.
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-rt-tv-cluster-bombs-syria/27809812
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UPDATE - RT Caught Trying To Edit Out Footage Of Incendiary Cluster Bombs On Russian Jet in Syria"
Double oops.
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Hey KPO wasn't SIG absolutely livid about claims Israel used cluster bombs against civilians? What are the chances she will finial criticize Russia?
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Hey KPO wasn't SIG absolutely livid about claims Israel used cluster bombs against civilians? What are the chances she will finial criticize Russia?
Excellent question, and I think we both know the answer. Zero.
Syrian boy pulled alive from airstrike on residential area of Aleppo, entire family killed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36601532
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:28 AM
SIGNYM posted this
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Yeah so much for democracy in the Middle East, eh? But I'm not talking about "foreign aid". I'm talking about Israel blocking food from an entire walled-in population. Gee, where have I heard that story before?
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Always look upstream.
Syria SIG, where's your outrage now?
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Some examples of Russia's/Assad's indiscriminate bombing. Cool fireworks show, until you think about what it's doing to civilians on the ground:
Parachuted cluster bombs:
Thermite incendiary weapons:
^ Regarding which Human Rights Watch has come out with condemnation - https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/06/21/dispatches-incendiary-weapons-pose
-civilian-threat-syria
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