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Maquiladora

Member
Nov 16, 2017
5,092
This is evil beyond belief. And very few people seem to give a shit...

The Syrian government and Russia have in the last month bombed eight hospitals in the rebel stronghold of Idlib whose coordinates were shared with Moscow in the hope of preventing such attacks, doctors say.

The United Nations gave the GPS locations supplied by NGOs operating in Idlib to Russia as part of a "deconfliction mechanism".

The regime and Russia, which intervened in the war in support of President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, have systematically targeted hospitals and clinics during assaults on opposition strongholds.

Since the government began its offensive on Idlib on April 30, more than 24 facilities have been hit, in what doctors are calling a "record".

Among the eight that feature on the UN humanitarian office OCHA's "deconfliction" list was a maternity hospital in the town of al-Atareb which had to evacuate premature babies.

 
Jan 27, 2019
16,074
Fuck off
The saddest part is that they will get away with it, there will be some back and forth words, the usual condemnations and they will just keeping doing these unspeakable acts of evil basically unopposed.
 

kortvarsel

Avenger
Dec 11, 2017
515
"The United Nations gave the GPS locations supplied by NGOs operating in Idlib to Russia as part of a 'deconfliction mechanism'."

Can someone explain what they mean by deconfliction mechanism?
 

wandering

flâneur
Moderator
Oct 25, 2017
2,136
"The United Nations gave the GPS locations supplied by NGOs operating in Idlib to Russia as part of a 'deconfliction mechanism'."

Can someone explain what they mean by deconfliction mechanism?

A measure to prevent an accidental engagement with non-enemies. Only in this case it seems it wasn't accidental.
 

Puroresu_kid

Banned
Oct 28, 2017
9,465
The way Assad has managed to get away with the multiple war crimes his committed is unreal. Assad's forces have killed and tortured more civilians than anyone else.
 

plusaflag

User requested ban
Banned
Jan 7, 2019
625
This is... this is inhumane. And kids will grow up with hatred in mind once again. Somebody, someone, do something.
We simply cannot afford to turn against one another in this day and age.
 

spineduke

Moderator
Oct 25, 2017
8,754
the worst is how some anti-imperialists academics come to assads defense in spite of the increasing piles of evidence of his complicity in warcrimes.
 

The BLJ

Member
Feb 2, 2019
698
France
What the fuck? So Russia receives the coordinates of the hospitals with the official intention to avoid damaging them, and the first thing they do is to use those coordinates to target the hospitals specifically?

How despicable. What is the UN even for at this point?
 
Oct 25, 2017
10,326
What the fuck? So Russia receives the coordinates of the hospitals with the official intention to avoid damaging them, and the first thing they do is to use those coordinates to target the hospitals specifically?

Yes, this is how they wage war on rebel areas with collective punishment. They also target food distribution points, water and power stations and aid stores. They did this In Aleppo too, so much so that aid groups stopped providing info on where they were to avoid being target by Russian and Syrian forces.
 

Cuburger

Member
Oct 28, 2017
10,975
That is appalling.

I couldn't quite understand what was going on from the title of the thread, but this is way worst than what I thought it was saying.
 

Razorrin

Member
Nov 7, 2017
5,236
the HELP Menu.
This can't be ignored, and it won't. The UN themselves gave this information, and Russia and Syria used it to perform massive war crimes, They will make a statement about this soon.

They have a responsibility to hold them accountable for this disgusting inhuman behaviour, and to repair the damage done.
 
Oct 27, 2017
45,240
Seattle
This can't be ignored, and it won't. The UN themselves gave this information, and Russia and Syria used it to perform massive war crimes, They will make a statement about this soon.

They have a responsibility to hold them accountable for this disgusting inhuman behaviour, and to repair the damage done.

Russia will veto any attempt at Security Council vote on any kind of reprisal.
 

TarNaru33

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
2,045
This can't be ignored, and it won't. The UN themselves gave this information, and Russia and Syria used it to perform massive war crimes, They will make a statement about this soon.

They have a responsibility to hold them accountable for this disgusting inhuman behavior, and to repair the damage done.

Ignored and actions/consequences are different things, Russia and Assad has been doing this for awhile now and so have the Saudis in the Yemen Civil War. It got to a point some groups do not report medical facilities to those 3 because they are specifically targeting it.

The US under Obama also bombed a hospital in Kunduz in 2015 killing 42+, don't know why it keeps happening.

U.S do not bomb hospitals purposely as a military doctrine as these guys are. "don't know why it keeps happening", because they are specifically targeting it to weaken/punish the rebels.
 

Ahhthe90s

Banned
Oct 29, 2017
1,294
This website:

When Americans are in Syria: We should get out, this isn't our war, we can't police the world. No more regime changes. Etc.

When Americans are pulling out of Syria: I can't believe we just sit idle and let this happen. We should support the various extremist Islamist groups locate din Idlib. Watch Trump let Russia get away with it. Etc.
 

Pomerlaw

Erarboreal
Banned
Feb 25, 2018
8,536
Assad is a piece of shit.

This website:

When Americans are in Syria: We should get out, this isn't our war, we can't police the world. No more regime changes. Etc.

When Americans are pulling out of Syria: I can't believe we just sit idle and let this happen. We should support the various extremist Islamist groups locate din Idlib. Watch Trump let Russia get away with it. Etc.

How is bombing hospitals justified?
 

OrdinaryPrime

Self-requested ban
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
11,042
This website:

When Americans are in Syria: We should get out, this isn't our war, we can't police the world. No more regime changes. Etc.

When Americans are pulling out of Syria: I can't believe we just sit idle and let this happen. We should support the various extremist Islamist groups locate din Idlib. Watch Trump let Russia get away with it. Etc.

It's almost like there are multiple people posting on this site or something.

Seriously reevaluate your life if this is the type of initial reaction you have to what's being presented in this thread.
 

Sunster

The Fallen
Oct 5, 2018
10,017
To millions of people in the world the ones dropping bombs are the attackers except there's no way to prevent it.
 

Horns

Member
Dec 7, 2018
2,531
User Banned (5 Days): Inflammatory Generalizations
Russians are evil evil people.
 

leder

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,111
You have to be seriously deranged to read this story and immediately go to "fuck the US! [para.]" as your first response.

Anyway, this is awful. RIP to the victims, and Syrian people who continue to live through this hell.
 

cid85

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
863
You have to be seriously deranged to read this story and immediately go to "fuck the US! [para.]" as your first response.

Anyway, this is awful. RIP to the victims, and Syrian people who continue to live through this hell.

Yeh no one should bring up the damage the US has done.