January 3, 2012 – SYRIA – The overall death toll in devastated Syria has surpassed an estimated 60,000 people, the United Nations said Wednesday, a dramatic figure that could skyrocket as the civil war persists. To put it in perspective: 60,000 people is roughly the population of Terre Haute, Indiana; or Cheyenne, Wyoming. It’s how many people would fit in Dodger Stadium, and it’s more than the 50,000-plus U.S. combat deaths in Vietnam. The figure is about 15,000 higher than the death toll CNN had cited from a collection of sources. It’s “truly shocking” and shameful, said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, who blamed the international community for inaction. “Collectively we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns,” she said. “While many details remain unclear, there can be no justification for the massive scale of the killing highlighted by this analysis.” Inside Syria, anti-government activists brought their personal perspective to the new death estimate: “No wonder!” Hama activist Mousab Alhamadee said. “We live on the ground and we see the massacres daily.” Western and Arab nations have denounced President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, but they have been been reluctant to intervene in hopes of ending the warfare. They haven’t been successful in forging tough action against Syria at the U.N. Security Council because of opposition from Russia and China, both of which have long had friendly relations with and economic ties to Damascus. While some countries have passed along weapons to the rebels, the larger world community has avoided being drawn into a war, fearing a bloody quagmire, such as the Vietnam War for the United States or the invasion of Afghanistan for the Russians. Echoing the fears of U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, Pillay worried about more deaths “unless there is a quick resolution to the conflict. I fear thousands more will die or suffer terrible injuries as a result of those who harbor the obstinate belief that something can be achieved by more bloodshed, more torture and more mindless destruction,” she said. Pillay said the number of deaths is higher than expected. “This massive loss of life could have been avoided if the Syrian government had chosen to take a different path than one of ruthless suppression of what were initially peaceful and legitimate protests by unarmed civilians,” she said. “As the situation has continued to degenerate, increasing numbers have also been killed by anti-government armed groups, and there has been a proliferation of serious crimes including war crimes, and — most probably — crimes against humanity, by both sides.” -CNN
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