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| IS committing war crimes, Syrian govt using poison gas: UN |
| 2014-08-28 |
| [DAWN] The United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... accused Islamic State Death Eaters on Wednesday of committing war crimes including amputations and public executions, sometimes in the presence of children, and said it believed Damascus had used chlorine gas in combating its enemies. commiting The turbans, who are bringing weapons from Iraq, have changed the power balance in Syria, consolidating control over large areas and establishing order by imposing harsh sharia law, the UN said in its latest report. "Executions in public spaces have become a common spectacle on Fridays in al Raqqa and ISIS-controlled areas of Aleppo governorate (province)," the report said. "Children have been present at the executions, which take the form of beheading or shooting in the head at close range... Bodies are placed on public display, often on crucifixes, for up to three days, serving as a warning to local residents." The independent Sherlocks voiced deep concern about boys forced to join the ranks of Islamic States who are being trained in camps in Syria that could be targeted by US air strikes. US President Barack Obama We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us... vowed "justice will be done" against the Islamic State killers of American journalist James Foley on Tuesday as the United States sought to identify targets for potential air strikes in Syria. "We are aware ... of the presence of children in training camps, I think that this decision by the United States must respect the laws of war and we are concerned about the presence of these children," Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the UN commission of inquiry, told a news briefing in Geneva. "ISIS poses a clear and present danger to civilians and particularly minorities under its control in Syria and in the region," Pinheiro said. Syrian government forces have dropped barrel bombs on civilian areas, a war crime under international law, including some believed to contain the poison gas chlorine in eight incidents in April, the Sherlocks said in latest report. Previously they had only been able to conclude that the chemicals came from Syrian government stockpiles. "We've looked at eight instances of alleged chlorine attacks and we found specifically that according to our evidentiary test, they were dropped - the chlorine came with the barrel bombs - dropped from government helicopters particularly onto civilian areas," said Vitit Muntarbhorn, a commissioner. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 |
| Posted by: Jerkface Killa 2014-08-28 19:56 |
| #5 Yeah, so? What are you going to do about it? And no, a strongly worded shrimp cocktail doesn't count. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-28 19:52 |
| #4 Arm both sides.............with no more than swords and flintlocks. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-08-28 17:47 |
| #3 Use air power to help protect Kurds, Israelis, and Egyptians. Let the rest of them kill each other however they want to. The more the better. The sooner the better. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-08-28 17:27 |
| #2 You know... if they are using it against ISIS positions I really can't feel bad. In fact it kinda makes me chuckle. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-08-28 11:55 |
| #1 IS committing war crimes, Syrian govt using poison gas UN makes bad situations worse. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-28 01:59 |