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Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo

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pcernie

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Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25390447

That's mad, even for Syria.

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Re: Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo


	Quote: Syrian government aircraft have dropped barrels laden with explosives on rebel areas of the northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists say.

I suspect that it is designed to mislead war crime investigators and sow doubts between the anti Assad factions.

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Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:06 pm

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Re: Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo

Amnesia10 wrote:


	Quote: Syrian government aircraft have dropped barrels laden with explosives on rebel areas of the northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists say.

I suspect that it is designed to mislead war crime investigators and sow doubts between the anti Assad factions.

No it's not.

It's to kill people the government doesn't like.

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Re: Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo

rustybucket wrote:

Amnesia10 wrote:


	Quote: Syrian government aircraft have dropped barrels laden with explosives on rebel areas of the northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists say.

I suspect that it is designed to mislead war crime investigators and sow doubts between the anti Assad factions.

No it's not.

It's to kill people the government doesn't like.

That is the other benefit. Though why disguise their weapons if they solely want to kill the civilians? It is because it would be a war crime and so disguising the real attackers creates doubt.

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Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:04 pm

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Re: Syria conflict: 'Barrel bombs' dropped on Aleppo

Or perhaps they are having difficulty resupplying an air base by road, so they are using make-shift bombs?
Prolonged messy wars sometimes have that effect.

Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:08 pm

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