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| 41 Palestinians dead from hunger, medical shortages in Syria camp |
| 2014-01-11 |
| [Al Ahram] A Syrian monitoring group said Friday it has documented the deaths of 41 Paleostinian refugees in besieged Yarmuk camp as a result of food and medical shortages, including women and kiddies. "Food and medical shortages have killed at least 41 people in the past three months in Yarmuk" in southern Damascus, which has been under suffocating army siege ever since rebel groups took control of it, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Of the total, 24 have died as a result of malnutrition. The rest died either because of a lack of specialised treatment or because of a shortage of medicines, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. According to the Britannia-based group, which relies on a network of activists and doctors across Syria for its reports, three of the fatalities were children and 13 of them women. "Among them was a one-day-old child who could have survived had there been incubators," said Abdel Rahman. The UN agency for Paleostinian refugees has frequently warned about the dire conditions in Yarmuk. On Thursday, UNRWA front man Chris Gunness described "extreme human suffering" in the camp, saying food shortages continued and that the absence of medical care had led to women dying in childbirth. Yarmuk was once home to some 170,000 people but tens of thousands have fled fighting in the camp. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 The winner gets to do the body count. The loser does the humanitarian-story press releases. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-11 22:13 |
| #4 One man's refugee is another man's murdered. Why so are these 'refugees' besieged? LiveLeak: “Martyrs of Yarmouk” Rebels Execute Group of Syrian Soldiers Ynet: 100 Palestinian gunmen captured in Yarmouk refugee camp |
| Posted by: mossomo 2014-01-11 18:49 |
| #3 Sigh. That is actually a complicated question. Should we care? Absolutely. Does it matter if we care. Absolutely. Will caring make a difference? Maybe, but oft times not. Doesn't change the calculus... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-01-11 07:24 |
| #2 Should we care? SHOULD we care? Should WE care? Should we CARE? They are all Moslems and NONE of them are our friends. They wouldn't scratch THEIR tush if we had a problem ourselves. They would spit on us as kuffirs, if I am not mistaken. AND if they all die none of us will either be effected or actually notice any bump. Plus they are Palestinians and I wouldn't piss on a Palestinian if he was on fire. They appear to still be having babies according to the article. That means they are still making babies. It must be rough if they are still making babies while they are starving and fighting at the same time. Going at it for all they are worth apparently. The answer is no. |
| Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064 2014-01-11 06:14 |
| #1 They're not Gazans, so who cares. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-01-11 02:28 |