Syrian Conflict now declared a Civil War.

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<span style="font-weight: bold"> The International Committee of the Red Cross</span> (ICRC) has formally declared the Syrian conflict a full-scale civil war - a decision that could expose its protagonists to war crimes trials.

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The ICRC had previously maintained that the fighting was confined to three major hot spots - Homs, Hama and Idlib but now says the struggle has escalated into a &quot;non-international armed conflict&quot;, a technical term for a civil war.

International law will now apply to all conflict across the country, and combatants will be subject to the terms of the Geneva Convention, which prohibits indiscriminate attacks on civilians and medical personnel, as well as the destruction of basic amenities such as water and electricity.

Combatants who breach the terms of the Geneva Convention could be subjected to a war crimes tribunal under United Nations (UN) jurisdiction.

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/363225...m#ixzz20qPMfKUB
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[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Syrian Conflict now declared a Civil War.

A replication of how the west under developed Africa. People who don't know the history of their benefactors will always repeat the history of the wretched. In generations to come the populations of these countries will be blamed for their conditions by those whe supported these actions

[barosa]

Re: Syrian Conflict now declared a Civil War.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A replication of how the west under developed Africa. People who don't know the history of their benefactors will always repeat the history of the wretched. In generations to come the populations of these countries will be blamed for their conditions by those whe supported these actions </div></div>
Dudd, I hear you. But somehow, before all this &quot;Arab Spring&quot; I was under the impression that Syria was one of the most civilized of the Arab/Muslim states. The Syrian conflict has shown us a classic example of &quot;man's inhumanity to man'. Never before in my wildest dreams had I ever thought that any dictatorship could be so murderous to its own people..

Bear it in mind, that there may have been dictatorships in pre-historic times more cruel, than anything we are now able to see on our big screen TV's.. Sadly, we are becoming more and more inured to the cruelty and horrors of merciless dictatorships. A civil war becomes a more preferable form of settling the outcome and Syria is now heading in that direction..
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