Russian raids in Syria may include war crimes: Amnesty

[AngryCanadian]

Russian raids in Syria may include war crimes: Amnesty

Beirut (AFP) - Amnesty International said on Wednesday Russian air raids have killed hundreds of civilians in Syria, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes, since beginning nearly three months ago.

Some attacks "appear to have directly attacked civilians or civilian objects by striking residential areas with no evident military target and even medical facilities, resulting in deaths and injuries to civilians", Amnesty Middle East and North Africa director Philip Luther said in a statement.

"Such attacks may amount to war crimes," he said, adding that it "is crucial that suspected violations are independently and impartially investigated".

The London-based rights group said there is "evidence suggesting that Russian authorities may have lied to cover up civilian damage to a mosque from one air strike and a field hospital in another".

The one man operation living his flat and the interventionists are now accusing Russia of War Crimes. Here's the comical part.

There is also "evidence suggesting Russia's use
of internationally banned cluster munitions and of unguided bombs in populated residential areas".

I guess America and the rest of the Western forces arent magically dropping bombs onto populated residential areas, only the evil Russians are.

Isn't it comical how Amnesty isn't attacking America's air campaign?

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Russia did not sign the treaty.

Nor did the US or China.

 

[jmdrake]

LOL. Where were these assholes when their precious peace prize winner Obama bombed a hospital?

 

[puppetmaster]

LOL. Where were these assholes when their precious peace prize winner Obama bombed a hospital?

They are scum.

 

[puppetmaster]

Turkey ‘officially acknowledges’ attack on Su-24 was a planned step - Russian MoD https://www.rt.com/news/326899-russia-turkey-knew-syria/


The report consists of “continuous assumptions, without any evidence,” he said. Some of the Western media which published the report did so without specifying it included assumptions and instead presented them as “hard facts,” Konashenkov added.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Russia claims there have been no civilian casualties.

 

[AngryCanadian]

Russia claims there have been no civilian casualties.

I would rather believe Russia then a country that has recently bombed a hospital who had no ties with Taliban. The attack was no accident. I assume Amnesty doesnt see that as a War Crime agaisnt America.


Killing Civilians at a Civilian infrastructure is an American thing.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Russia claims there have been no civilian casualties.

It's probably true that they counted 0 civilian casualties. Even though I'm positive on the things Russia is doing overall I don't think they're concerned with counting too much. Maybe they use the same reasoning Israel uses when they bomb houses that have terrorists in them. Seems to work for Israel.

 

[Zippyjuan]

I would rather believe Russia then a country that has recently bombed a hospital who had no ties with Taliban. The attack was no accident. I assume Amnesty doesnt see that as a War Crime agaisnt America.


Killing Civilians at a Civilian infrastructure is an American thing.

That is because you believe everything Russia says. No proof that Russia has been using them there but their Syrian allies have been dropping "barrel bombs" on civilians.

http://www.businessinsider.com/barrel-bombs-allegedly-being-dropped-in-syria-2015-10

Bashar al-Assad denies dropping barrel bombs in Syria, but evidence overwhelmingly says otherwise.

The use of barrel bombs has fueled the mass exodus of refugees from the country.

Videos continue to be posted to YouTube showing helicopters in Syria dropping what appear to be the unpredictable weapon.

Human rights group Amnesty International found that more than 3,000 civilian deaths between January 2014 and March 2015 occurred in Aleppo from barrel bombs.

The makeshift weapon is an oil drum filled with explosives, fuel, and metal fragments. They are dropped haphazardly from helicopters with little control for targeting.

RT (Russia Today) also reports the use of such weapons. https://www.rt.com/news/aleppo-warplanes-strike-bombing-732/

Over 360 killed in Syrian army airstrikes on Aleppo - activists

Syrian warplanes have killed at least 15 people in Aleppo, raising the death toll to over 360 during the past 10 days of bombings, activists said. The opposition says it will not attend the Geneva-2 peace talks if the regime continues to launch air raids.
po’s opposition-controlled Sukkari district on Tuesday, killing eight civilians and injuring several others. Government forces also bombed the city’s Marjeh neighborhood, which resulted in the deaths of five civilians - including three children.

Several other areas of Syria’s largest city were attacked as well, although there have been no reports of casualties, SOHR said on its Facebook page.

According to the group, Syrian helicopters dropped “barrel bombs” – oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives, nails, and metal fragments – during the air raids.

 

[alucard13mm]

USA used cluster bombs AND nukes on troops/civilians....

 

[Dianne]

LOL. Where were these assholes when their precious peace prize winner Obama bombed a hospital?

Yeah, no chit.

 

[Dianne]

USA used cluster bombs AND nukes on troops/civilians....

USA uses assault weapons on its own people in false flag operations to take the guns; i.e., San Bernadino.

 

[juleswin]

To me, any action in defense of a nation against foreign aggressors cannot be considered a crime, just as the same way a man killing another man in self defense is not a crime. Burn, gas, dowse the enemy with chemicals, perform experiments on their fighters etc etc etc. Nothing done to them should be considered a crime.

Also consider that the faster the Syrians with their Russian counterpart defeat this invasive force, the sooner innocent civilians stop dying from war related causes. Sadly civilians will always die in a war where the battle ground is in civilian areas. Nothing we can do about that

 

[puppetmaster]

That is because you believe everything Russia says. No proof that Russia has been using them there but their Syrian allies have been dropping "barrel bombs" on civilians.

http://www.businessinsider.com/barrel-bombs-allegedly-being-dropped-in-syria-2015-10





RT (Russia Today) also reports the use of such weapons. https://www.rt.com/news/aleppo-warplanes-strike-bombing-732/

guarantee fucking tee you that Russia cares more about Syrians than the US does.

 

[AngryCanadian]

That is because you believe everything Russia says. No proof that Russia has been using them there but their Syrian allies have been dropping "barrel bombs" on civilians.

http://www.businessinsider.com/barrel-bombs-allegedly-being-dropped-in-syria-2015-10





RT (Russia Today) also reports the use of such weapons. https://www.rt.com/news/aleppo-warplanes-strike-bombing-732/

U lost me with that as soon as i saw the sources of the video.

Courtesy Darya Revolution
Euronews.

Not very reablie. As for the claims that Assad is dropping barrel bombs on civilians. Funny how these such videos dont show you the full of it.
Also thats not Russian Helicopter but SAA, either way.


The Darya Revolution group are bunch of Jihadists.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Russia Today also reported the use of barrel bombs in Syria as I noted in my post.

But they are Russia propaganda and also unreliable.

 

[timosman]

guarantee fucking tee you that Russia cares more about Syrians than the US does.

Russia has a military base in Syria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_naval_facility_in_Tartus

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

Russia Today also reported the use of barrel bombs in Syria as I noted in my post.

But they are Russia propaganda and also unreliable.

I take offense to the use of the term "barrel bomb".

A bomb is a fucking bomb. Barrel or not.
The term 'barrel bomb' refers to improvised explosives mostly. Usually improvised explosives are LESS effective than military explosives. Not in case of the media though, when you listen to the media improvised explosives are much more dangerous... But you'd be wrong. Military explosives are actually high grade and a barrel is a poor means of distribution.

Do you want them to put fins on it and call it a regular unguided munition ? Or force them to get guided munitions ?? What's next, force them to buy ipads ?

The US is willingly using depleted uranium munitions which cause deaths beyond the targets they hit. How is that not a crime against humanity? Oh right, the US doesn't subscribe to the courts... Typical.

I'm not defending Assad more than he's got the right to being defended. Pretty much the entire Western community is highly hypocritical AND THEY KNOW IT. They talked to Assad years ago. People went on vacation to Damascus. Suddenly things changed out of convenience and it's disgusting.

 

[AngryCanadian]

Russia Today also reported the use of barrel bombs in Syria as I noted in my post.

But they are Russia propaganda and also unreliable.

But they are Russia propaganda and also unreliable.

Yet CNN, CBC, BBC are Western propaganda and to you they are reablie? lol yeah i can see where your logic from. RussiaToday has being more honest about Syria and Russia compared to the West.

When it comes to logic you fail at it.

 

[AngryCanadian]

When Someone says that RussiaToday is unreliable. That means you would prefer the clear propaganda by al arabiya and al jazeera.. The only reason one freaking reason al jazeera has had this trust in America is because they released just a single footage of how Americans had killed journalists in Iraq but thats it.

Western Propaganda defends the regime change polices. America used depleted uranium munitions onto civilian populations in Serbia, Libya the effects are still present. And people die from it, where is the Western Media outrage or outcry? oh yeah there isnt any.