WAR OF ANNIHILATION: AMNESTY’S INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIEGE OF RAQQA REVEALS US, UK AND FRANCE COMMITTED WAR CRIMES
Members of US-backed forces in Raqqa Written by Dr.Leon Tressell , co-authorted by Rosa Tressell exclusively for SouthFront “If you stayed you died and if you tried to escape you died … [I escaped by] walking over the blood of those who were blown up as they tried to flee ahead of us’’. Munira Hashish, air strike and mines survivor – Source: Amnesty International Report “We are the good guys and the innocent people on the battlefield know the difference.” James Mattis, US Defence Secretary – Source: Amnesty International Report During 2017 the Isis Caliphate was finally overthrown in Syria and Iraq. Its capital in Raqqa, Syria was captured by Kurdish led SDF forces strongly supported by massive air and artillery strikes provided by America and its French/British allies. During the siege of Raqqa (July-October 2017), while SDF troops slowly captured district after district from Isis forces, the international community ignored warnings from Amnesty International an