Conflict Propaganda in Syria: Narrative Battles by Oliver Boyd-Barrett

Author:Oliver Boyd-Barrett [Boyd-Barrett, Oliver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367697488
Google: JaG7zgEACAAJ
Goodreads: 59721678
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Van Wagenen cited Syrian political writer Camille Otrakji in May 2011:

While most protests were genuinely peaceful, many were confrontational and violent. Syria’s police and security personnel are not used to such challenges and sadly in some cases some of them probably reacted with unnecessary violence. But out of an estimated 150,000 protesters so far up to 500 died according to opposition figures. Government claims 78 died, and I believe the real figure is in between, closer to opposition figures. The government claims that many died in armed confrontations. Given that 80 soldiers and policemen also died, it is only logical that non-peaceful armed men were among the hundreds of civilian casualties. In other words, not all civilian casualties were peaceful protestors.

(Otrakji 2011)

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.