Russia accuses U.S.-led coalition of 'barbaric' bombing of Syria's Raqqa
Source: Reuters
OCTOBER 22, 2017 / 6:25 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused the U.S.-led coalition in Syria on Sunday of wiping the city of Raqqa off the face of the earth with carpet bombing in the same way the United States and Britain had bombed Germanys Dresden in 1945.
The Russian Defence Ministry, which has itself repeatedly been forced to deny accusations from activists and Western politicians of bombing Syrian civilians, said it looked like the West was now rushing to provide financial aid to Raqqa to cover up evidence of its own crimes.
Major-General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry, said in a statement that around 200,000 people had lived in Raqqa before the conflict in Syria, but that not more than 45,000 people remained. U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, the groups capital, last week, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle.
Raqqa has inherited the fate of Dresden in 1945, wiped off the face of the earth by Anglo-American bombardments, said Konashenkov.
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DetlefK
(16,423 posts)The US bombing Raqqa? None dare talk of Aleppo!
Russia complaining how NATO bombed the Serbs? None dare talk about how the Serbs committed genocide against Croats and Muslims!
RT reporting on Brexit, Catalonia and Calexit? None dare talk about Chechnya!
I still love it how RT quoted a report by Amnesty International to accuse the syrian rebels of torture and totally forgot to mention that that very same report also accuses Assad's regime of torture.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Got to be a female journalist somewhere to car bomb ?