Russia's and Assad's War Crimes in Syria

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BTW- military operations have ceased in Aleppo.

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A "Russian ceasefire". You're so naive.

"Iran-backed militias block Aleppo evacuation as shelling resumes:"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/aleppo-residents-evacuat
ion-uncertainty-ceasefire-deal-assad?CMP=share_btn_tw

"Fierce fighting halts Aleppo evacuation:"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38314291


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Reports that Aleppo women are choosing suicide over rape by the invading Assad militias:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/12/last-rebels-in-aleppo
-say-assad-forces-are-burning-people-alive.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

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Do you believe everything you read in the press?

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How did your beloved 'democratic' party fuck up so badly?

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Who did all that bombing btw? Do you know? Was it the US? UK? EU? China? Australia! No.... hmmm...

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Yes, war is hell.

Who bombed this?



And this?



This?


Or this?



I'll save a space here for Mosul:
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IT'S TOO BAD YOUR PRECIOUS "MODERATE REBELS" HELD CIVILIANS AS HOSTAGES.

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Reports [FROM WHOM?] that Aleppo women are choosing suicide over rape by the invading Assad militias

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One picture of people who had been shot lying on the street was captioned (by guess who?) as "Aleppo massacre by Syrian soldiers", although it was originally captioned in 2014 as "ISIL executes defectors"

There was an interesting picture tweeted of a large number of men lined up against a wall. ONE caption (from guess who?) was "Men and boys singled out, genocide in the making". ANOTHER caption said "Mass surrender of rebels".

Seriously dood, the "rebels" and "White Helmets" that you heart bleeds for so much are not above staging events and making false claims, all for you. And the western media is not above going along with it, even with "on the ground" reporters, as they stage little vignettes with groups that they want to promote ("Where do you want me to run? From here to there?") in order to create a specific narrative. Of course, so does Russia. I understand that ALL sides do it, but do you?


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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Do you believe everything you read in the press?

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Are you referring to the report of Aleppo women committing suicide out of fear of being raped by Assad's advancing army and militias?

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Big if true:

International concern over fresh claims of use of sarin nerve gas in Syria:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/13/international-concern-ov
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Assad blamed for new sarin attack killing 93+ people, the same nerve agent that his forces used to kill more than 1300 people in the famous incident of 2013.

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Originally posted by kpo:
Assad blamed for new sarin attack killing 93+ people, the same nerve agent that his forces used to kill more than 1300 people in the famous incident of 2013.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghouta_chemical_attack#Initial_claims
Deaths Various estimates:
at least 281 (French intelligence)[2]
at least 350 (UK intelligence)[3]
355 (MSF)[4]
494 (Damascus Media Office)[5]
502 (SOHR)[6]
635 (SRGC)[7]
923 (VDC)[8]
1,300 (SNC)[9]
1,338 (LCC)[10]
1,429 (United States)[11][12]
1,729 (FSA)

The UN report on the investigation into the Ghouta chemical attacks was published on 16 September 2013. ... The report, which was "careful not to blame either side," said that during the mission's work in areas under rebel control, "individuals arrived carrying other suspected munitions indicating that such potential evidence is being moved and possibly manipulated."

According to a study published in January 2014 by Theodore Postol and Richard Lloyd, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the rockets used in the attack had a range of about two kilometers, indicating the munitions could not have been fired from the 'heart' or from the Eastern edge of the Syrian Government Controlled Area shown in the Intelligence Map published by the White House

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You used contested claims.

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How did your beloved 'democratic' party fuck up so badly?

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So who bombed the shit out of Aleppo Berlin? Belgrade? And then said they liberated it? Come on, you can do it. Be honest - I know it's going to be hard for you.

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the same nerve agent that his [Assad's] forces used to kill more than 1300 people in the famous incident of 2013.

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KPO's and G's bullshit never stops.

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Ake Sellstrom, head of the UN chemical-weapons inspection team, said the rebels significantly exaggerated the number of dead and injured treated in Al Ghouta hospitals. “We saw the capability of those hospitals, and it is impossible that they could have turned over the amount of people that they claim they did.” The discrepancy was explained when The Wall Street Journal revealed that U.S. intelligence had scanned the rebel videos with face recognition software to count the number of dead.

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In other words, bodies were moved around and staged by the so-called "rebels"

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Second, serious questions arose about the White House claim that the Sarin rockets were fired from the heart of Assad-controlled Damascus. The New York Times and Human Rights Watch analyses assumed that the rockets were fired from over nine kilometers away.

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But a report published by missile experts showed otherwise. Richard Lloyd is a former UN weapons inspector and currently works at Tesla Labs in Arlington, Virginia. Theodore A. Postol is a professor of science, technology, and national security policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.

They analyzed the data presented by the UN inspectors concerning the Sarin-laden rockets. They concluded that the rockets would have a maximum range of two kilometers. When asked about this issue at a press conference, Sellstrom concurred that the two kilometer range would be a “fair guess.” He later indicated the rockets could have been fired as close as one kilometer.

Lloyd and Postol superimposed the two kilometer rocket range onto the White House maps. Their report said, “These munitions could not possibly have been fired at east Ghouta from the ‘heart,’ or from the eastern edge, of the Syrian government-controlled area shown in the intelligence map published by the White House on Aug. 30, 2013.”

The report noted that these “improvised artillery rockets” could have been constructed by the army or the rebels. “The indigenous chemical munition could be manufactured by anyone who has access to a machine shop with modest capabilities, that is, the claim is incorrect that only the Syrian government could manufacture the munition.” The New York Times wrote about the report and noted the much shorter range but never retracted its erroneous reports that the rockets must have been fired from the Mount Qasioun military complex.

Poking holes in the U.S. government’s case doesn’t automatically mean the rebels were responsible, however. Were the rebels militarily capable and politically willing to carry out a massive war crime against their own supporters?

The Syrian Version

As a liquid, Sarin is quite volatile and can’t be stored for very long because it can corrode storage containers and warheads. So Sarin precursor chemicals are stored separately and then mixed prior to use. They can be mixed in a lab by trained technicians. Mixing in the battlefield can be very dangerous to both the technician and anyone nearby. The Syrian army has admitted having Sarin precursors in large quantities. Some extremist rebel groups may have had some as well.

I spent some time in Damascus interviewing government officials and experts about the chemical-weapons issue. The Syrians presented a version of events sharply at odds with the U.S. government narrative.

On March 19, 2013, rebels used Sarin against a pro-government neighborhood in the village of Khan Al Asal near Aleppo, according to Dr. Bassam Barakat, a medical doctor and pro-government political consultant. He told me that blood samples and other physical evidence were sent to Russia for analysis. Officials there wrote a 100-page report indicating rebel use of Sarin and delivered it to the United Nations, but neither party ever made it public. According to Barakat, the Russians confirmed that the Sarin had ori

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