that buildings next to the target had been hit. So scope for screwups, but hardly semi-randomised bombardment of the type Daesh used.
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Wow, the "360 Experiences" are kinda crass. And I'm saying that as a veteran. I think I see what they're trying to do, but it just feels really icky. Like they're taking actual human suffering and turning it into a multimedia product for the entertainment of western audiences.
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"Disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks are war crimes.Urban combat poses inherent challenges. These were exacerbated in Raqqa because IS used human shields, but the Coalition was well aware of these tactics long before the battle." And STILL the numbers are this low.
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Here's their map of recorded deaths, which is far sparser than the map of damaged buildings. Sadly the interactive bits aren't working well on this computer, so I've only been able to read one report.pic.twitter.com/o0yvuOIEIg
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Wow, and that's it. That's everything. No look at the data, at how any of these cases were verified. Just a lot of vague talk and a slightly broken website. There was a genuine opportunity here, and it's been allowed to sail right past.
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Wierdly, although Airwars are pushing this hard, Amnesty's main feed doesn't even mention it.
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Imagine my surprise that TRT will be covering this heavily.https://twitter.com/Sara__Firth/status/1121354829685764096 …
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Interesting looking up the twitter accounts some of the reports are sourced from. They've all been suspended so far, but I can still see people replying to or talking about them.https://twitter.com/YallaSouriya/status/975009078857601025 …
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Had to find out the long way, but it seems none of the reports sourced from twitter accounts have been tagged as Verified.
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Does anyone know how to make a computer count the number of red dots on this map? My current methods aren't accurate enough to establish whether there are in fact 11,000 of them.pic.twitter.com/ITcGAtJ8oD
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I'm trying to get a grip on that 11,000 buildings number, but struggling. So far all I've got is that it's how many new council homes are planned to be built in Southwark by 2043.
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"Southwark Council's plans to build an exact replica of the destroyed city of Raqqa have been met with bewilderment from all sides."
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Oh, it's also the number of UK pubs that closed in the last decade. Now there's a visualisation aid.
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Amnesty have finally tweeted about their report, five hours after it went live! Clearly they were just waiting for the afternoon traffic, rather than weirdly awkward about the whole thing.
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