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Syria snipers targeted pregnant women, says British surgeon
2013-10-20
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Syrian snipers targeted pregnant women on more than one occasion, a British surgeon said Saturday after returning from a five-week stint in the conflict zone.

According to an interview with The Times newspaper David Nott, who spent five weeks volunteering at a Syrian hospital, said he treated more than half a dozen shot pregnant women on one day in a Syrian city.

He did not identify the city for security reasons but said that he regularly treated gunshot wounds that indicated that bored snipers were targeting particular parts of civilians' bodies in a bid to entertain themselves, reported Agence La Belle France-Presse.

"One day it would be shots to the groin. The next, it would only be the left chest," he told the newspaper.

"From the first patients that came in in the morning, you could almost tell what you would see for the rest of the day. It was a game."

On one day, two consecutive gunshot patients were heavily pregnant women, both of whom lost their babies.

"The women were all shot through the uterus, so that must have been where they were aiming for," he told The Times.

"I can't even begin to tell you how awful it was. Usually, civilians are caught in the crossfire. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like this. This was deliberate. It was hell beyond hell."

Nott is a prominent surgeon in the UK who counts former Prime Minister Tony Blair as an ex-patient and has volunteered as an emergency surgeon in warzones for 20 years.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Rambler makes a good point. There *are* people like Norman Borlaug (1970) who actually did something to make the world a better place. Sadly, they have been overshadowed lately by a much larger list of villains and mooks: The EU, Obama, Gore, El Baradei, Carter, Anan, Arafat...
Posted by: SteveS   2013-10-20 22:16  

#6  "which only saved a BILLION lives"

But they were all brown lives, Rambler, so that doesn't really count. /channelling lefties

The lefties think we need fewer people, not more. I'm surprised Borlaug got any award from EUropeans. :-(
Posted by: Barbara   2013-10-20 19:54  

#5  Actually, there are a few Peace Prize winners who probably deserved it - even if they didn't actually promote international peace. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) and Norman Borlaug spring to mind. Mother Teresa is well known. "All" Norman Borlaug did was to start the "Green Revolution", which only saved a BILLION lives.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-10-20 15:15  

#4  "If you are referring to the Nobel Peace Prize, he is probably disqualified on the grounds of having actually done something."

Steve nails it.
Posted by: Barbara   2013-10-20 14:38  

#3  gone unnoticed by the Nobel committee.

If you are referring to the Nobel Peace Prize, he is probably disqualified on the grounds of having actually done something.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-10-20 09:54  

#2  Nott is a prominent surgeon in the UK who counts former Prime Minister Tony Blair as an ex-patient and has volunteered as an emergency surgeon in warzones for 20 years.

His work has probably gone unnoticed by the Nobel committee.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-10-20 09:19  

#1  Helloooo, Muslims!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-10-20 01:57  

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