Syrien

[Schneemann]

Zum Vorwurf des Clusterbomben-Einsatzes seitens der russischen Luftwaffe in Syrien. Das Thema war schon letztes Jahr angesprochen worden meinerseits, aber ja vehement bestritten oder quasi ignoriert worden:

"The injured were mostly women and children"

Cluster bomb attacks increase in January-February 2016 during Syrian-Russian military operation in Syria. [...] Cluster bombs have been used almost daily in Syria by the Syrian-Russian joint military operation since 26 January 2016, said Cluster Munition Coalition member Human Rights Watch on 8 February. [...]

Between 26 January and 5 February 2016, 14 cluster bomb attacks were documented, killing at least 37 civilians and injuring dozens. The real number of attacks is probably much higher. "The injured were mostly women and children," said a journalist with an opposition-affiliated media center, about an attack in Kafr Laha on 27 January. "It was very hard to see."

In addition to the casualties at the time of the attack, cluster bombs typically leave behind large amounts of unexploded bomblets that threaten civilians long afterwards. [...]

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Schneemann.