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UN: Syria death toll tops 60,000
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Published: 02.01.13, 23:01
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1. Assad the Butcher from Damascus
Haim ,   TA   (01.03.13)
Not exactly "halal"
2. I know, how about a 2 state solution :^P
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.03.13)
and we divide damascus in half for each faction.
3. Truly shocking
Get Real ,   UK   (01.03.13)
60k dead and steadily rising and thats the best the UNHRC can come out with.Once again shows their hypocrisy and bias in past condemnation of Israel
4. and the winner is....
Marcelo ,   TLV   (01.03.13)
tic toc for the blame campaign against Israel....btw, one side kills civilians and wishes to wipe Israel out of the map...the other side, kills civilians and wishes to wipe out Israel of the map....just a little grammatic difference, Assad (Irad) against mushroom brotherhood...I see no point in stopping the contend. I only wish that after they kill their self all, normal peace loving people will remain...
5. Not getting it
Ellen ,   Israel/NYC   (01.03.13)
I do not know why people do not understand the root of this problem. If Israel returns to 1967 cease-fire lines and promises to destroy itself in the next 20 years than there will be Peace in Syria. You say you don't get how this works. Well it is obvious---you haven't been reading the press all these years. The lack of a country of Palestine IS the definitive cause of all that is wrong in the world. C'mon wake up people!
6. #2 -- 2 state solution
Real vision ,   usa   (01.03.13)
Maybe even more because the KURDS certainly deserve a country so divide it in quarters and see how nice these muslimes will get along
7. Roots of syrian civil war
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (01.03.13)
The city of Aleppo has 2,1 million dwellers, as Damascus only 1,8. It reflects well, that invented Syria is an artifical state. If once Aleppo is larger, why the capital is Damascus ? French and british colonialists were bad pupils in geography when they created Syria after the Ottoman Empire collapsed. A very logical provisional solution would be to divide Syria into a northern part, with Aleppo of alavites and a southern one with Damascus of sunnis. Immediate independence for 2 million kurds ! Vote for B. Netanyahu !
8. UN Human Rights Council
mat ,   uk   (01.03.13)
UN Human Rights should spend less time, resolutions and not waste it on israel and spend more time about other places in the world to deal with the mass killings which is going on in large numbers
9. At this rate the carnage in Syria....
Robert ,   Australia   (01.03.13)
.....may soon overtake that which occurs across the US.
10. #8 Matt one good note
bad Assed Jew ,   United States   (01.03.13)
the Human Rights people have condemned Hamas as being guilty of "Crimes Against Humanity' in the wars they began with Israel. Not Israel GAZA !!!!
11. Destruction in Syria
Mark ,   London, UK   (01.03.13)
Seems to me that the current situation has resulted in much more damage to Syrian population and infrastructure than the state of belligerence between Syria and Israel in 65 years. Ultimately, it amazes me that Syria can still feed itself as I cannot understand how a distribution system is still working. Contrary to what I have read, I feel that the UN has done very well so far to prevent the war spilling over to its neighbours. How they will prevent the WMDs falling into the hands of terrorist organisations is yet to be seen.
12. You mean Assad killed 60.000
Paul Barnett ,   London , U.K.   (01.03.13)
60.000 innocent people and the Arab world did not act agains him? Well , long live Assad. So many deaths 60.000 and the United Nations still do not stop Assad from his murders? Well , long live Assad. Where are the big mouthed europeans? Where is the U.S? , Where is Russia (syrian ally and friend to the syrians)? Let an israeli kill a palestinian even by mistake , a whole revolution is taking place in the arab world and in europe. Well , 60.000 innocent syrians dead , all the international community is a criminal , criminal because we leave Assad kill the innocent people. Hypocritical world and useless U.N, the syrians are left to their dire luck for survival before extinction. Assad should be brought in a public place in Damas and left to the people for justice to be torn apart.
13. #12
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (01.03.13)
The Sunni Jihadis are no better or worse than the evil Assad. 60000 dead is probably 5000 dead combatants on either side, and another 50000 non-combatants killed (intentionally or accidentally) by both sides. The real question is, in light of the Libya debacle, why Cameron and Obama insist on arming the Jihadis.
14. to 12
mat ,   uk   (01.03.13)
the big mouthed europeans and the rest of the UN(united nothing) are thinking about what to blame israel etc so they will try and pass another resolution
15. #12 not even close...
mark ,   usa   (01.03.13)
Vast majority of those killed where those rounded up early in revolt and held in detention centers. Criminality of the Ba'ath party is the reason for uncompromising rebels. First, the regime rounded up citizens, then the regime started murdering soldiers who refused to target civilians. Soldiers reveled and took up arms against the regime. Mean while human rights groups able to function in striated collected the names of those detained. Months pass, things turn for the worst and more and more people take up arms, the jidhadists entering revolt and things go from bad to worst.. More months pass, and all of sudden UN ups the body count from 40000 to 60000, and people are wondering why and speculating... Answer is simple, the regime has murdered those civilians its has detained all those months early...and people wonder why Syrians are flipping he'll bent to tear Assad to pieces. What else explains UN ability to state with some certainty it knows the vast majority of the numbers of dead. It because the dirty secret is the Ba'athists have executed tens of thousands of civilians it has held in detention since this revolt began in 2011. Would not be surprised to find out many of them where flown to iran to be executed.
16. 60,000 Arab deaths is G-ds gift to Israel...TATA
Edithann ,   USA   (01.03.13)
17. TO PAUL NR. 12.
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   HOORN NH, HOLLAND   (01.03.13)
I AGREE WITH YOU 100%. IN THAT CASE WE CAN CALL THE UN, THE UNITED NOTHING/THE USELESS NOTHING, AND IN MANY OTHER CASES SINCE 1945 TOO. AS LONG AS THIS SORT OF UN EXISTS, THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS ALWAYS WILL OCCUR UNFORTUNATELY.
18. "Congratulations"
sam ,   colorado-USA   (01.03.13)
The current situation in Syria,break the Syrian army and the civil war is a war by proxy for Israel,of course, it a great gift for Israel "Congratulations"
19. #16 and 18
Iranian Jew ,   LA   (01.04.13)
Now, we need the Iranian mullahs and the monkey in Lebanon to join and then the party will be perfect. It is sick but amusing how you think we Jews like people getting killed. Your Muslim friends want to play kill and die and you blame the Jews every chance you get. Wow!
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