“A moment of silence for Paris attack victims echoes around the world”
Header of Mashable.com did get 667 shares on Facebook…. today
NOT EVEN SECONDS OF SILENCE OVER RAQQA.
“A moment of silence for Paris attack victims echoes around the world”
Header of Mashable.com 667 shares on Facebook…. today
we should be inquisitive always about aerial bombardments, there is hardly such thing as a pin pointed correct targeting without any collateral damage or victims… for a collateral victim of a so called ‘justified’ aerial attack it does not make any difference if the bomb was launched by the Assad troops, one of the opposing fractions, ISIS, the French. the Brit of the USA air force. The battlefield almost never is a separate spatial entity… it is part of human habitat. And… even when an ISIS stronghold has been hit, what about people around it, maybe family, kids, elderly… and in the end, when one is serious about a humanitarian stance, even the lives of ISIS soldiers do count…
This is just one of many possible examples about non-intended victims of “just warfare dated November the 6th 2015:”
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Air strikes by Russian warplanes on the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is controlled by the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria militant group, killed 42 people earlier this week, including 27 civilians, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/11/06/Russia-bombs-Palmyra-eastern-Syria.html
Or just get aware of the consequences of aerial bombardment by reading one of the many campaigns by the United Nations against the use of high explosives in or near populated areas:
Explosive weapons in populated areas A total of 41,847 people were reported killed or injured by explosive weapons during 2014 When explosive weapons were used in populated areas 92% of the casualties were civilians From Afghanistan to Iraq, Libya to Palestine, Syria to Ukraine and elsewhere, the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is a major cause of civilian deaths, injuries and displacement.
http://www.unocha.org/what-we-do/explosive-weapons-populated-areas
ALJAZEERA of 17/11/2015 had this comment on the aerial bombing of Raqqa, showing how problematic aerial bombing always is. Locals need to fear all those who claim to be fighting there for the ‘right cause’:
‘Raqqa is devastated’ The Syrian activist in Raqqa said that in the past few days Russian air strikes had caused the most destruction. “Last week Russian air strikes destroyed one of the main bridges in the city in addition to the national hospital. Most hospitals in the city have been destroyed in Raqqa,” he said. “Russian air strikes have resulted in so much destruction. If these countries want to bomb the heartland of ISIL, they could have, but they still have not targeted the group’s most important bases. “This is what we do not understand. The targets bombed by French warplanes were mostly abandoned by ISIL fighters. French jets pound ISIL targets in Raqqa “The US, Russia and France are all bombing Syria. How many more countries want to bomb us? “Raqqa is devastated. Raqqa has endured the unbearable and we live in fear under ISIL’s dictatorship. “A lot of people fled the the city. In fact, most refugees heading to Europe are from Raqqa. That is how desperate they are to leave here. People are fed up here and just want to live normal lives. “Our lives are all under a threat. ISIL controls every aspect of our lives and we are not allowed to expose the truth.” Separately, the anti-ISIL group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered said on Sunday that overnight air strikes hit a stadium, a museum, several clinics, a hospital and a governmental building. The group told Al Jazeera that no civilians were hurt or injured in any of the latest French air strikes. “Of course we do not like to see people afraid of air strikes and explosions, but we support any actions that will take ISIL out of Raqqa,” the group said on its Twitter account. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said activists reported hearing explosions in Raqqa resulting from air strikes. The activists’ network said no civilian death toll has been recorded due to the strikes.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/syrians-insane-nights-french-bombing-151117052945111.html
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