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Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts) Wed Dec 3, 2014, 02:23 PM Dec 2014

Syria death toll now exceeds 200,000: monitor [View all]

Syria’s civil war has killed more than 200,000 people in less than four years, a monitoring group told AFP on Tuesday, adding that most were fighters from the two sides.

“We have documented the killing of 202,354 people since March 2011,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP, adding that more than 130,000 of them were combatants.

“Of the total, 63,074 of the killed were civilians, including 10,377 children,” said Abdel Rahman.

“Among the anti-regime fighters, 37,324 were Syrian rebels, while 22,624 were non-Syrian jihadists,” he added.

“On the regime side, there were 44,237 soldiers, 28,974 members of the (paramilitary) National Defence Force, 624 members of (Lebanon's Shiite) Hezbollah, and 2,388 pro-regime Shiite fighters from beyond Syria and Lebanon,” Abdel Rahman said.

Another 3,011 were unidentified, he added.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/02/Syria-death-toll-now-exceeds-200-000-monitor-.html

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Syria death toll now exceeds 200,000: monitor [View all] Rhinodawg Dec 2014 OP

Practically on the level of genocide. Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #1

Well, it's hard to know what to do. There's so many factors, there's Russia TwilightGardener Dec 2014 #2

What would you do, Rhinodawg? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #3

Sounds good...when does it happen? Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #5

It already happened in Homs. Looks like it could happen in Aleppo. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #10

We can't have it both ways yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #7

Is there any number of dead civilians that would change you mind ? Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #9

In the United States, yes. yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #15

Ok....so a certain number of dead americans you would favor war. Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #23

Well 911 for one and we went after Osama. yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #25

Many considered FDR a 'warmonger' before Pearl Harbor because he cared about dead civilians - even pampango Dec 2014 #17

The question is what the US can do that doesn't result in more dead civilians. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #19

Agreed. "Heating up the civil war doesn't seem to be the answer." A military solution to the protest pampango Dec 2014 #20

That's why I favor starting small, with local truces. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #21

That sounds like a plausible strategy. n/t pampango Dec 2014 #22

Still think your idea has merit, but here is an idea from Juan Cole's site. pampango Dec 2014 #28

Not genocide, unless you're willing to consider auto-genocide. This is a civil war. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #12

A lot of neighboring countries and european countries Quantess Dec 2014 #18

That photo breaks my heart leftynyc Dec 2014 #4

Imagine if Israel killed 1/10000 of that.... Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #6

Nobody here gives a shit leftynyc Dec 2014 #16

In before someone tries to pin this all on Obama... Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #8

Well, now that you mention Obama... Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #11

I agree PBO's Syria policy has been an almost textbook "What Not to Do" Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #14

Most of the refugees are women and children. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #13

All so one guy can be a dictator. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #24

I might have agreed with you in the past, Rhinodawg Dec 2014 #26

Assad's tyranny caused ISIS. Without him, there aren't the same dynamics at play. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #27