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pampango

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5. Not of this incident, but Amnesty International has stated that the bombing of urban neighborhoods
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 09:19 AM
Aug 2013

by planes, tanks and artillery are common "war crimes" committed by Assad's forces.

... The government using ... imprecise weapons such as unguided missiles, cluster munitions and “thermobaric bombs” on civilian areas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-rights-expert-says-syria-is-in-free-fall-and-civilians-are-main-victims-of-acts-of-terror/2013/07/29/24f6d7e2-f87f-11e2-a954-358d90d5d72d_story.html

... it is clear that the vast majority of war crimes and other gross violations continue to be committed by government forces.

Amnesty International has most recently documented violations by Syrian security forces and pro-government militias in the briefing, Government bombs rain on civilians, in a long line of reports highlighting targeting of civilians, arbitrary arrest, torture and other ill-treatment, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions and other abuses since the start of the Syrian uprising in March 2011.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/keep-international-pressure-against-abuses-syria-2013-03-26

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