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| Subject: Thanks to statism: More than 11,000 Syrian children killed in civil war Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:53 pm | |
| More than 11,000 children have been killed in the nearly three-year civil war in Syria, including young boys and girls who were tortured and executed, according to a report from a London-based think tank.
The Oxford Research Group said that most of the 11,420 children reported dead were killed in explosions, and many others were shot to death.
Teenage boys were most likely to be the victims of targeted killings, according to the report, entitled "Stolen Futures: The Hidden Toll of Child Casualties in Syria."
"What is most disturbing about the findings of this report is not only the sheer numbers of children killed in this conflict, but the way they are being killed," co-author Hana Salama said in a statement.
More than 1,000 children were either summarily executed (764) or killed by snipers (389), the report found. Some 112 children, even infants, were tortured before being killed.
And what's worse, deaths of children are "mounting," the report said.
Both Syrian troops and rebel groups have been blamed for targeting civilians.
"The world needs to take a much closer interest in the effects of the conflict on Syria's children," Salama said.
The report authors called for the warring sides to stop using explosives in places where children live and play.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/24/world/meast/syria-children-deaths/index.html _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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