August 15th 2008
Russian Attack’s Brutal Nature
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ere are some excerpts from reports posted on the Human Rights Watch Web site:
Human Rights Watch researchers have uncovered evidence that Russian aircraft dropped cluster bombs in populated areas in Georgia, killing at least 11 civilians and injuring dozens, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called upon Russia to immediately stop using cluster bombs, weapons so dangerous to civilians that more than 100 nations have agreed to ban their use. …
Human Rights Watch said Russian aircraft dropped RBK-250 cluster bombs, each containing 30 PTAB 2.5M submunitions, on the town of Ruisi in the Kareli district of Georgia on August 12, 2008. Three civilians were killed and five wounded in the attack. On the same day, a cluster strike in the center of the town of Gori killed at least eight civilians and injured dozens, Human Rights Watch said. Dutch journalist Stan Storimans was among the dead. Israeli journalist Zadok Yehezkeli was seriously wounded and evacuated to Israel for treatment after surgery in Tbilisi. An armored vehicle from the Reuters news agency was perforated with shrapnel from the attack. (source)
And:
When Human Rights Watch entered Tskhinvali on August 13, the city was largely deserted. Human Rights Watch researchers saw numerous apartment buildings and houses damaged by shelling. Some of them had been hit by rockets most likely fired from Grad launchers, weapons that should not be used in areas populated by civilians, as they cannot be directed at only military targets and are therefore inherently indiscriminate. Also, Human Rights Watch saw several buildings that bore traces of heavy ammunition as if fired from tanks at close range. There was some evidence of firing being directed into basements, locations where civilians frequently choose as a place of shelter. (source)
Where are the howls of outrage from the American left, who are so deeply offended whenever one of our precisely targeted bombs goes off target and despite all our care, some civilians are killed?
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August 18th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Please visit my blog and read my recent collation post on this subject. I think it is more educational than Human Rights Watch.
http://ymarsakar.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/georgia-vs-russia/
As you well know, Laer, the Left demanded that Bush get allies in 2002 and 2003. The reason why, and that reason wasn’t the lies the Left said, was because the Left needed other people to do the dirty work of killing and dying and then the Left will discard them. Like they discarded Vietnam and Georgia and Iran.
August 18th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I posted a link and I think your blog spammed it Laer, here.
Aside from that, the Left is glad Russia is killing civilians. When there aren’t any civilians left in this world, the United States will no longer have a justification to fight wars… now would they.