Syria is a humanitarian crisis: UN

IsaacWunder

A UN report published yesterday alleges crimes against humanity have been committed by Syrian security forces as part of the clampdown against the current populist uprising.

The report estimates 3,500 people have been killed since the civil war began in March, 250 of whom are believed to be children. The authors allege the government is killing indiscriminately, with hundreds of peaceful protesters shot on site.

Defectors told the UN that government troops are under orders to aim at the chest and heads of protesters. To ensure the orders to slaughter fellow Syrians are carried out, the army is torturing and murdering its own wounded soldiers who refuse to fire upon civilians:

Torture and killings reportedly took place in the Homs military hospital by security personnel dressed as doctors and allegedly acting with the complicity of medical staff.

Syria troops have killed more than 250 children, UN report finds

In addition to the violence the economy has tanked:

Syria’s economy is already falling apart,” Peter Harling, a Damascus-based analyst with the International Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution advisory organization, said by phone. “There is a shortage of cooking gas and heating oil, medicine, milk powder, and you have power cuts even in the capital, Damascus.

Syria Says Sanctions Signal ‘Economic War’ as UN Reports Abuses

The UN Security Council must now refer Syria to the ICC so that those responsible for the crimes realise they will face sanction for their actions.

Matt Holck

crap I heard that story before

I understand their leaders tie babies to the chest

zero_hope

Syria may be a humanitarian disaster but the west should not interfere. The prime directive in Star Trek shows us the wisdom of this.

Nodin

IsaacWunder wrote: »

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The UN Security Council must now refer Syria to the ICC so that those responsible for the crimes realise they will face sanction for their actions.

....but as Syria has an ally with a veto on the UNSC, that will not, alas, be happening.

stevedublin

zero_hope wrote: »

Syria may be a humanitarian disaster but the west should not interfere. The prime directive in Star Trek shows us the wisdom of this.

But they always end up defying the prime directive and everything works out well in the end.

Brown Bomber

IsaacWunder wrote: »

A UN report published yesterday alleges crimes against humanity have been committed by Syrian security forces as part of the clampdown against the current populist uprising.

The report estimates 3,500 people have been killed since the civil war began in March, 250 of whom are believed to be children. The authors allege the government is killing indiscriminately, with hundreds of peaceful protesters shot on site.

Defectors told the UN that government troops are under orders to aim at the chest and heads of protesters. To ensure the orders to slaughter fellow Syrians are carried out, the army is torturing and murdering its own wounded soldiers who refuse to fire upon civilians:



In addition to the violence the economy has tanked:



The UN Security Council must now refer Syria to the ICC so that those responsible for the crimes realise they will face sanction for their actions.

So a UN report "alleges crimes against humanity" but you've already decided that they should "face sanctions"? Why bother with the ICC at all then? You do realise that the UN got their evidence from witnesses outside Syria?

Why not gather a crew of Sunni Militants to drag al-Asasd through the streets, sodomise him with a knife, torture him and then put a bullet in his brain then round up the Syrian Christians and Druze and ethnically cleans them?

AlekSmart

Brown Bomber wrote: »

So a UN report "alleges crimes against humanity" but you've already decided that they should "face sanctions"? Why bother with the ICC at all then? You do realise that the UN got their evidence from witnesses outside Syria?

Why not gather a crew of Sunni Militants to drag al-Asasd through the streets, sodomise him with a knife, torture him and then put a bullet in his brain then round up the Syrian Christians and Druze and ethnically cleans them?

I'm wondering why we have'nt yet been presented with evidence of "Anti-Aircraft Guns being turned on Civilians" and/or hordes of African/Asian/Oriental Mercenaries being recruited to masacre Syrian civilians ?

Surely the Libyan game-plan,now being a proven Regime Changer,can be utilized for an encore in Syria ?

It is interesting indeed to note the alacrity with which the U.N./NATO & Co moved to oust Col Gadaffi at a time when the Syrian regime was already well into it's campaigns against it's rebellious factions.

I suppose Bashir Al Assad's saving grace remains his relatively glum "man on the 19 bus" appearance....he just did'nt LOOK mad enough to be called a Mad-Dog etc etc....:rolleyes:

Jaafa

I'd just like to point out a fact that most people don't realize but the figure of 3500 dead from the UN includes between 700-1400 dead soldiers, not defectors or civilians. This is something that most news outlets fail to mention I've noticed.

Mr.Micro

AlekSmart wrote: »

I suppose Bashir Al Assad's saving grace remains his relatively glum "man on the 19 bus" appearance....he just did'nt LOOK mad enough to be called a Mad-Dog etc etc....:rolleyes:

What makes him think/believe that all will be ok for him and his rule? Most dictators like Gadaffi and Sadam Hussein could not see the end? Is it a dictator thing or a mental block? They need to address that in dictator school...when to get to hell out.