"Syrian rebels have committed war crimes including torture and killing of detainees, Human Rights Watch said Monday, calling on countries which support those fighting Bashar Assad's rule to press them to respect humanitarian law.
The New York-based group said it had documented more than 12 cases where rebel fighters had killed their captured opponents, while at least six detainees interviewed by HRW said they had been tortured and mistreated." Daily Star
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Can this be? Are not the rebels in Syria an army of angels sent from on high? No? They are an army of torturer angels? Well, then, why are we seeking to help an army of torturing angels bring down a secular multi-confessional government? Why are we doing that? Is it because the grad school bull session crowd now running US foreign policy thinks that revolt must be a good thing? Surely, it is not that? pl
