We keep hearing about all those “war crimes” on the part of the Assad regime. Many of them may well be legitimate.
I’d long suspected that the Syrian opposition might not exactly be clean on that score. But as far as I know no one has come out and accused the Syrian opposition of war crimes.
Until now, that is. Human Rights Watch has now come out and flatly accused elements of the Syrian opposition of committing atrocities against unarmed civilians that indeed qualify as war crimes. Their report is 105 pages in length, and details attacks against unarmed civilians in a dozen predominately Alawite villages in Latika village on/about 4 Aug of this year.
We’re not talking a handful of people killed in a few isolated incidents, either. Human Rights Watch documents at least 190 people killed and 200 taken prisoner. It also appears that around 100 are being held hostage as bargaining chips for the return of captured Syrian resistance members held by the Assad regime.
The perpetrators were identified as 5 groups within the Syrian resistance that have ties to Islamic fundamentalism and/or al Qaeda. Color me shocked.
The Free Syrian Army has disavowed the actions of the 5 groups who committed these atrocities, with their spokesman stating that, “Anyone who commits such crimes will not belong to the revolution anymore.”
Yeah, right. I think I’ll wait until we see some proof before I accept that little statement. I seem to remember a saying popular in that part of the world that starts out: “The enemy of my enemy . . . .”
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: tell me again why we’re supporting either side in that damn civil war?
War crimes… it’s not just for dictators any more.
“Tell me why we’re supporting either side”? Damned if I know, Hondo. I’m sure that one of the reasons is the same as why we’re still supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Because Baracka said so, seems to be the main reason.
UpNorth, the MB in Egypt has withered away to nearly nothing.
Because we have a Democratic president surrounded by the “useful idiot” advisors from among the Democratic Party. If he were a Republican, the media would be all over this. And, if he had selected his advisors from among the accomplished Democrats, this never would have happened.
Ex, we’ll have to agree to disagree. The attacks that are still going on in Egypt are the actions of the Muslim Brotherhood. Now, that may be the umbrella for a whole group of radical Islamists, whatever. There is this, http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/08/string-of-attacks-in-egypt-raises-specter-of-islamic-insurgency/
And this, http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/10/08/suez-canal-targeted-muslim-brotherhood-fighters-join-forces-with-al-qaida-insurgents/
This is why: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/27/syria-analyst-fired-over-false-academic-creds-finds-new-employment-with/
We have some dirty as shit Senators that should have been out of office decades ago.
Comrades in Arms:
I reckon you guys may have already seen this stuff, but just in case, here’s some pertinate archived posts from my own web site, “OUR ETERNAL STRUGGLE”:
01 – THE “RELIGION OF PEACE”?
http://writesong.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-religion-of-peace.html
02 – MASS EXECUTION IN SYRIA
http://writesong.blogspot.com/2013/05/mass-execution-in-syria.html
03 – YET ANOTHER ISLAMIC ATROCITY ! ! !
http://writesong.blogspot.com/2013/06/yet-another-islamic-atrocity.html
Thank you.
John Robert Mallernee
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Gulfport, Mississippi 39507
OOPS!
I forgot one – – – ,
ISLAMIC CRUELTY TO LITTLE CHILDREN
http://writesong.blogspot.com/2013/09/islamic-cruelty-to-little-children.html
It’s like the Commies fighting the Nazis. Iran fighting Iraq.
Who do you root for?
Somehow I don’t think Wikileaks will ever post anything about what the moscum brotherhood does.
SGT Ted: IMO, you root for both sides to lose. And if you’ve got 3 or more working brain cells, if at all possible you stay the hell out of it yourself.
@9 & 11. Mutual annihilation is too much to ask for so you root for one to crush the other and then you deal with the one left standing.
2/17 Air Cav: one always can hope. (smile)