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Old 31st Aug 2013, 08:01
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Originally Posted by AR1
The bomb 'dropped on a school' - Without the context of what was happening around the school or indeed in it. Then backed up by a shot of a brand new childs shoe placed in the rubble.
That shoe issue has of course been a well played propaganda ploy by media and others through the years.

On the 'school' issue, it occurs to me to ask where did the CW attacks take place.

Were they 'military' attacks against 'legitimate' targets where there happened to be countless innocent civilians in the target area, or were they 'terror' attacks deliberately targeting the civil population in their opponents rear area?

If the former, why were civilians in the target area? Historically civilians flee target areas except when they are surrounded. Is that the case here?

If the latter, the case should be easily proven. Why has it not been demonstrated that the attacks were in residential areas away from the fighting?
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