February 18, 2015
United Nations: Iraq’s ambassador (click here) to the United Nations asked the UN Security Council on Tuesday to look at allegations that Daesh is using organ harvesting as a way to finance its operations.
United Nations: Iraq’s ambassador (click here) to the United Nations asked the UN Security Council on Tuesday to look at allegations that Daesh is using organ harvesting as a way to finance its operations.
Ambassador Mohammad Al Hakim
told reporters that in the past few weeks, bodies with surgical
incisions and missing kidneys or other body parts have been found in
shallow mass graves.
“We have bodies. Come and examine them,” he said. “It is clear they are missing certain parts.”
He also said a dozen doctors have been “executed” in Mosul for refusing to participate in organ harvesting....
They are heretics. They have no regard for life at all, except perhaps their own. Executions, child soldiers and now organ harvests. They are real men alright, we just don't know what god they worship.
The Syrian rebels have a chance to end the reign of Daesh if a joint governance of Assad and rebel leaders can proceed. It would be in the best interest of both Assad's people and the rebels to come together to end Daesh in their lands.
Please stop turning these beautiful cities into rubble. Destruction and killing is not the answer. Return the happiness of people, their market places and safe passage to their holy sites.
A general view shows damaged buildings along
a deserted street and an area controlled by forces loyal to Syria's
President Bashar Al-Assad, as seen from a rebel-controlled area at the
Bab al-Nasr frontline in Aleppo, Feb. 10, 2015.
February 18, 2015
After nearly fours years of sustained and bloody fighting, (click here) there may finally be the slightest glimmer of hope for the remaining citizens who still cling to life in the ruined ancient city of Aleppo. According to Steffan de Mistura, the United Nations Envoy to Syria, the regime of President Bashar Al Assad has given an indication that it may be prepared for a ceasefire in and around the city for a period of six weeks.
The reason a joint governing authority is important in Syria is because of the vast diversity of religious interest. If either were to govern alone there is a strong possibility ethnic cleansing could take place.
It is time for Assad and the rebels leaders to end their hostilities and bring back their control to the lands of Syria. The fact Daesh has focused now on Libya might be the best indication they fear the potential of the joint governance of Syria. Basically, the Ba'athists are still on the run. Their focus on Libya is the strongest evidence yet that they are not accepted within the people and seek the weakest areas of north Africa and the Middle East as their own. The only aspect of Daesh that keeps them in power is their brutality of the people falling under their power. There is no love of this regime.
They are heretics. They have no regard for life at all, except perhaps their own. Executions, child soldiers and now organ harvests. They are real men alright, we just don't know what god they worship.
The Syrian rebels have a chance to end the reign of Daesh if a joint governance of Assad and rebel leaders can proceed. It would be in the best interest of both Assad's people and the rebels to come together to end Daesh in their lands.
Please stop turning these beautiful cities into rubble. Destruction and killing is not the answer. Return the happiness of people, their market places and safe passage to their holy sites.
February 18, 2015
After nearly fours years of sustained and bloody fighting, (click here) there may finally be the slightest glimmer of hope for the remaining citizens who still cling to life in the ruined ancient city of Aleppo. According to Steffan de Mistura, the United Nations Envoy to Syria, the regime of President Bashar Al Assad has given an indication that it may be prepared for a ceasefire in and around the city for a period of six weeks.
While the talk of a ceasefire
is still very tentative, it is the first positive sign to emerge from
Syria in months that some relief may be on the way and there is at least
a glimmer of hope that humanitarian relief can be delivered to Aleppo.
The freezing of hostilities
will be a temporary respite from the constant artillery barrages and
barrel bombs that have killed thousands and brought the citadel city to
ruins. De Mistura is briefing the Security Council in a closed session,
but so far, there is no indication of when the suspension of air strikes
will begin. In all of the darkness that has embraced Syria, there is at
least a ray of light... The reason a joint governing authority is important in Syria is because of the vast diversity of religious interest. If either were to govern alone there is a strong possibility ethnic cleansing could take place.
It is time for Assad and the rebels leaders to end their hostilities and bring back their control to the lands of Syria. The fact Daesh has focused now on Libya might be the best indication they fear the potential of the joint governance of Syria. Basically, the Ba'athists are still on the run. Their focus on Libya is the strongest evidence yet that they are not accepted within the people and seek the weakest areas of north Africa and the Middle East as their own. The only aspect of Daesh that keeps them in power is their brutality of the people falling under their power. There is no love of this regime.
