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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