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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Same reasons folks eventually broke down and surrendered to Mohamid (police be upon him)
Same reasons Hitler saw promise in these mooselimbs to be top notch shock troops.
Islamists free to be who they really are
not true.
my understanding is,
Libya is doing much better,
now that it has split into two countries.
The title of the article says it all about the UN when it comes to bad guys.
But they will never run out of words for global warming.
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