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This terrifying video appears to show a boy rescuing a young girl from sniper fire in Syria When you hear that 10,000 children have been killed in the course of Syrias civil war, youre probably thinking they died in bombings and airstrikes. Youd only be partly right. Whether its US drone strikes in Pakistan, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, or the Syrian governments barrel bombs over Aleppo — we are accustomed to hearing that children have been killed either accidentally or because, supposedly, the benefit of destroying a particular target outweighed the cost of non-combatant lives. Were less accustomed to seeing children targeted in the streets by snipers. Thats been the reality for more than three years in Syria. The Oxford Research Group found that sniper fire killed nearly 400 Syrian children under the age of 17 between March 2011 and August 2013. Now theres video that appears to capture this terrifying reality. It shows a young boy, maybe eight years old, running through live sniper fire to reach a young girl whos frozen in cover behind a burned-out car. At one point, he falls to the ground after a shots fired at him, but he jumps up and keeps moving. He grabs the girl by the hand and they run to safety as bullets kick up clouds of dust around them. The video was uploaded to YouTube on Nov. 10. Its been reposted by the Shaam News Network, a pro-opposition group that aggregates citizen journalism related to the Syrian conflict. youtu.be/mgwO6oni-wY globalpost/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/syria/141110/terrifying-video-boy-rescuing-girl-snipers-syria
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:23:04 +0000

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