Posted on 12/15/2014 5:43:46 PM PST by Citizen Zed
"Every time we use a new figure in relation to the Syrian crisis, we say that it is unprecedented. We have run out of words to fully explain the brutality violence and callous disregard for human life which is a hallmark of this crisis," Valerie Amos, the U.N. chief for humanitarian affairs said.
The Syrian government has used barrel bombs in densely populated areas and "arbitrarily detained" citizens and subjected them to serious beatings and torture. Armed opposition groups have taken locals hostage and killed civilians by using explosive mortar and car bombs. ISIS has committed "mass victimization" of civilians, including murder, enslavement, rape, displacement and torture, Amos said.
All parties involved in the conflict "continue to violate the most basic of laws with devastating consequences," she said.
The under-secretary general described a particularly horrible situation for the country's children.
Reports of children being publicly executed, crucified, beheaded and stoned to death -- particularly by ISIS -- has increased in recent months. Other children, sometimes as young as 5 years old, are being trained at military camps, Amos said.
"This conflict is not only shattering Syria's present, it is also destroying its future," she added.
Locations traditionally identified as safe havens in conflict areas -- such as hospitals, schools and U.N. relief vehicles -- have not been exempt from attacks.
70 medical facilities across the country have been attacked over the last nine months, 60 by government forces, Amos said, citing statistics from Physicians for Human Rights. 150 medical personnel, including 97 in the line of duty, were killed over the same time period.
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Wow. With so much unraveling going on everywhere, I’m not surprised that this major news is all but forgotten. Syria and its war is not even on the radar any longer. Good job, Barack.
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Stop......................trying. ....
If only that were true for every situation the UN sticks its nose into and inevitably makes worse.
In Syria there is still something left worth fighting over.
Can't say that about about Libya.
Before Moreesi was ousted in Egypt by Sisi, he and his Islamic Sharia radicals had driven the country to the brink of disaster and Egypt was flat broke with less than two months of food reserves and no money to buy more.
Egypt exists today as a country only because Saudi Arabia and the UAE pumped in about 10-20 billion to float Egypt's economy and to buy food to prevent general starvation and societal collapse
Here’s two words: RELIGION of PEACE!
Regime change isn’t easy. Sockpuppet is working for the Illuminated ones, the British Imperialists.
Great article:
U.S.-backed Syrian Opposition Linked to Bilderberg, CFR, Goldman Sachs & George Soros-2012
Despite political duplicity, and pretense, Qatar and Iran have always maintained good relations, and Qatar has consistently supported Iran’s quest for nuclear power.
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/12/02/337852/qatar-wants-powerful-iran-in-mideast/
Syrian’s Rebels Desribe US backed Training in Qatar
Pipeline Predicament: The Ukraine-Syria-Russia-U.S. gas nexus
Sources: Syrian jihad coming to Egypt with help from Turkey, Qatar and Obama
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/04/14/sources-syrian-jihad-coming-egypt-help-turkey-qatar-obama/
How about this old fallback word: “JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZ!”
Here are your words: tribal/gang warfare
glad to help
and we should stay out of it
Egypt has long been unable to support itself. It has not enough natural resources (not enough to support the population at least) and it hasn’t been able to feed itself for a long time.
UN: blah, blah, blah, send us money...
Summarized in words you can understand:
IT IS WHAT THEY DO.
All the clever words you can write in your office cannot change any of it.
Then stop talking.
I back Assad ... I backed him before and I back him now. Dictator or not, Israel could live with him, and he’s better than ISIS or anything that Obama could put together.
How about those for office words?
And Benghazi Clinton’s Arab Spring!
No good guys anywhere in sight that could control things, really, but he’s the least worst.
We have ‘run out of words’ to describe conflict in Syria...
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