UN: Syria in civil war, death toll at 4,000

[Chris]

UN: Syria in civil war, death toll at 4,000
By REUTERS
12/01/2011 17:59
With new toll, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay characterizes Syrian violence as civil war.

GENEVA - Syria is now in a state of civil war with more than 4,000 dead and increasing numbers of defecting soldiers taking up arms against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, the top United Nations human rights official said on Thursday. "We are placing the figure at 4,000, but really the reliable information coming to us is that it is much more than that," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay told a news conference. "I have said that as soon as there were more and more defectors threatening to take up arms, I said this in August before the Security Council, there was going to be a civil war. At the moment that's how I am characterizing this," she said. Violence continued throughout the week in Syria, as troops shot dead six civilian protesters and army defectors killed seven soldiers on Wednesday and regional pressure grew on Assad to withdraw forces from restive cities, free prisoners and start talks with the opposition.

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[Chris]

What a waste of valuable human life. Assad has a lot of blood on his hands. He's gonna end up like Gaddafi if he is not careful, but I really think he will might possibly meet his fate in Isaiah 17. JMHO.

[YeuEmMaiMai]

I wonder if one of these people is going to successfully sabatoge a nuclear facility in Damascus? It could happen...

[Robert]

What a waste of valuable human life. Assad has a lot of blood on his hands. He's gonna end up like Gaddafi if he is not careful, but I really think he will might possibly meet his fate in Isaiah 17. JMHO.

It is, and he does.