{"id":107580,"date":"2014-02-09T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=d0b54d1d80d650ce2dee5636a2f08993"},"modified":"2014-02-09T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T20:18:00","slug":"un-report-unfairly-bashes-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/un-report-unfairly-bashes-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Report Unfairly Bashes Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"
UN Report Unfairly Bashes Syria<\/b><\/div>\n
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by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
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Throughout many months of conflict, anti-Syrian propaganda proliferated. It continues without end. Misinformation is part of Washington’s regime change strategy. <\/div>\n
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UN officials are involved. On January 27, a new report<\/span><\/a> circulated. It’s titled “Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.”<\/div>\n
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It’s maliciously one-sided. It doesn’t surprise. Ban Ki-moon is a subservient US imperial tool. Blaming Syria for US-sponsored death squad crimes is standard practice.<\/div>\n
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The UN reports discusses “unspeakable” horrors. It falsely calls Syria’s conflict “civil.” There’s nothing civil about it. <\/div>\n
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Syria was invaded. Assad responsibly defends his country’s sovereignty. He’s going all out to protect Syrians from death squad atrocities. He’s wrongfully blamed for their crimes.<\/div>\n
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Ban repeatedly turns truth on its head. He points fingers the wrong way. He does it consistently. He does it repeatedly. <\/div>\n
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He “urge(d) all parties to the conflict to take, without delay, all measures to protect and uphold the rights of all children in Syria.”<\/div>\n
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Assad prioritizes it. Terrorist invaders bear full responsibility. Ban didn’t explain.<\/div>\n
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The UN report covers the period from March 1, 2011 – November 15, 2013. According to Ban:<\/div>\n
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It “highlights that use of weaponry and military tactics that are disproportionate and indiscriminate by Government forces and associated militias has resulted in countless killings and the maiming of children, and has obstructed children\u2019s access to education and health services.”<\/div>\n
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“Government forces have also been responsible for the arrest, arbitrary detention, ill treatment and torture of children.”<\/div>\n
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Almost as an afterthought he added:<\/div>\n
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“Armed opposition groups have been responsible for the recruitment and use of children both in combat and support roles, as well as for conducting military operations, including using terror tactics, in civilian-populated areas, leading to civilian casualties, including children.”<\/div>\n
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US-supported death squads bear full responsibility for horrific crimes against humanity. <\/div>\n
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They murdered innocent civilians. They conducted numerous chemical weapons attacks. They committed gruesome atrocities.<\/div>\n
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They attack residential neighborhoods. They slaughter families while they sleep. They murder children in their beds.<\/div>\n
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They recruit others to join them. They do so under threat of torture and death. They hold civilians as human shields.<\/div>\n
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They destroyed or damaged dozens of hospitals, schools, mosques, public buildings, and private property.<\/div>\n
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They blew up vital infrastructure. They sabotaged oil and gas pipelines. They prevent humanitarian aid from reaching entrapped civilians.<\/div>\n
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They’re armed, funded, trained and directed by America, key NATO allies and rogue regional states.<\/div>\n
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Point fingers the right way. Assign blame where it belongs. The UN report is largely polar opposite. It highlights children disappearing.<\/div>\n
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It claims Syria detained them young as 11 for alleged association with anti-government forces. It said Syria’s military conducted large-scale arrest campaigns.<\/div>\n
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Children were tortured and abused, it said. It claimed Syrian forces did so to extract confessions, humiliate them, or pressure a relative to surrender.<\/div>\n
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It maliciously accused Assad of “ill-treatment and acts tantamount to torture.” It claimed it includes:<\/div>\n
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