Amnesty International:
An Instrument of War Propaganda?
By Felicity Arbuthnot
Global Research, August 8, 2012
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=32271
Amnesty International has released satellite pictures of "craters" in Syria, citing : "an increased use of heavy weaponry, including near residential areas".
The BBC reports, quoting Amnesty: "Images from Anadan revealed more than 600 probable artillery impact craters from heavy fighting between Syrian armed forces and armed opposition groups." (My emphasis.)
Further:
"Turning Syria's most populous city into a battlefield will have
devastating consequences for civilians. The atrocities in Syria are
mounting already," warned Christoph Koettl, emergency response manager
for Amnesty International USA, without acknowedging that the killings of
civilians are committed by the US-NATO Free Syrian Army (FSA) rather
than the government.
Digital Globe via Amnesty International "More than 600 probable artillery impact craters,
represented here with yellow dots, were identified in Anadan, in the vicinity of Aleppo, according to Amnesty International."
represented here with yellow dots, were identified in Anadan, in the vicinity of Aleppo, according to Amnesty International."
"The Syrian military and the opposition fighters must both adhere to international humanitarian law, which strictly forbids the use of tactics and weapons that fail to distinguish between military and civilian targets", he added.
Amnesty's
record on impartiality suffered a fatal blow when they stated in 1991
that Iraqi soldiers had torn babies from their incubators in Kuwait and
left them to die on the floor of the hospital's neo-natal unit. Arguably
this sealed the 1991 onslaught on Iraq. The story that the Kuwaiti
government rewarded Amnesty with $500,000 for endorsing this pack of
lies has not gone away - and as far as I am aware, to date, has not been
denied.
Amnesty's
record suffered a further blow when it organised a demonstration last
year, outside the London Syrian Embassy, with CAABU (Council for Arab
British Understanding) calling for the overthrow of the sovereign Syrian
government. A plan which was outlined by the US Embassy in Damascus in
December 2005. This action arguably falls under the definition of
incitement to terrorism, set out by the UN Security Council on 4th May
2012. (SC/10636.)
The
Syrian government is doing what any nation would do to defend its
country when attacked by terrorists, many from outside and many also
with British accents, according to recently escaped, kidnapped British
and Dutch journalists.
However, back to your 600 craters. The insurgents also seemingly have rocket propelled grenades and
have also boasted of capturing tanks with heavy weaponry. However many
craters or not, they will certainly be responsible for many and will not
have clean hands.
Further,
I do not seem to remember Amnesty blasting the British
and Americans soldiers for killing, raping, murdering whole families of
Iraqis and Afghans, also illegally invaded, who simply wanted their
countries back, or were totally innocent victims.
No
doubt the all is now directed by your new US Head, former top aide to
Hilary Clinton, who seems to hate most of the world's non Western
population, especially those of the Middle East, or of predominantly
Muslim heritage.
Amnesty has moved a long way from its fine founding aims.
