Thursday, November 14, 2013

World View: Human Rights Watch Says Syria Using Russian-Made Incendiary Weapons



World View: Human Rights Watch Says Syria Using Russian-Made Incendiary Weapons
Human Rights Watch says Syria is using Russian-made incendiary weapons

An investigation by Human Rights Watch finds that the regime of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad has been using incendiary weapons to torture and kill Syrian civilians. There has been limited international condemnation because al-Assad has also been using chemical weapons to kill civilians.

"Incendiary weapons cause excruciating pain, they can burn to the bone," explains Docherty. "Some models can re-ignite after being treated when exposed to oxygen. They also cause ong-term effects such as disfigurement and ostracization. According to an HRW official:

There should not be less concern about chemical weapons, but there should be more concern about incendiary weapons. They're all problematic. We're not asking for a comparative approach but we're saying there should definitely be more attention paid to the use of incendiary weapons...

They are being used mostly in air strikes by the Syrian government. We haven't heard any confirmations or denials by the Syrian government.

The incendiary weapons are all Russian made from the Soviet era. Human Rights Watch and Voice Of Russia.

Human Rights Watch
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.

Note: George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.
Syrian Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch.
Bashar al-Assad is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group, and the president of Syria.

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