SYRIA

RUSH TRANSCRIPT A familiar ░░░░░░░░ Government warplanes scattering bombs ░░░░░░░░ another Syrian town This ░░░░░░░░ it is ghouta The ░░░░░░░░ plumes of smoke only ░░░░░░░░ shielding the world from ░░░░░░░░ horror of what is ░░░░░░░░ behind Just a warnings ░░░░░░░░ on the ground is ░░░░░░░░ to watch but necessary ░░░░░░░░ show Hero in a ░░░░░░░░ helmet grabs a screaming ░░░░░░░░ from the rubble Today ░░░░░░░░ and tomorrow the images ░░░░░░░░ the same But the ░░░░░░░░ has been and will ░░░░░░░░ the same children slaughtered ░░░░░░░░ that fail to describe ░░░░░░░░ horror of what is ░░░░░░░░ each and every day ░░░░░░░░ Syria So unicef has ░░░░░░░░ to 10 empty lines ░░░░░░░░ an extraordinary footnote Unicef ░░░░░░░░ issuing this blank statement ░░░░░░░░ know longer have the ░░░░░░░░ to describe children suffering ░░░░░░░░ our outrage Do those ░░░░░░░░ the suffering still have ░░░░░░░░ to justify their barbaric ░░░░░░░░ Ben wedeman is joining ░░░░░░░░ What do you make ░░░░░░░░ statement from unicef WEDEMAN ░░░░░░░░ think it just reflects ░░░░░░░░ utter frustration with the ░░░░░░░░ that the situation in ░░░░░░░░ has gone from bad ░░░░░░░░ worse and in the ░░░░░░░░ of U N Secretary ░░░░░░░░ Guttierez to hell on ░░░░░░░░ There have been endless ░░░░░░░░ to try to somehow ░░░░░░░░ this war to an ░░░░░░░░ but no one either ░░░░░░░░ the will or the ░░░░░░░░ to do so And ░░░░░░░░ we ve seen in ░░░░░░░░ last three days is ░░░░░░░░ unrelenting bombardment by Syrian ░░░░░░░░ strikes barrel bombs missiles ░░░░░░░░ mortars on this suburb ░░░░░░░░ Damascus which has been ░░░░░░░░ by the rebels roughly ░░░░░░░░ 2012 The death toll ░░░░░░░░ far in these three ░░░░░░░░ is at least 300 ░░░░░░░░ of them women and ░░░░░░░░ The Red Cross says ░░░░░░░░ the medical supplies in ░░░░░░░░ area are perilously low ░░░░░░░░ wounded are dying because ░░░░░░░░ and nurses are simply ░░░░░░░░ Now we ve heard ░░░░░░░░ instance the French president ░░░░░░░░ macron the Red Cross ░░░░░░░░ for an immediate humanitarian ░░░░░░░░ fire to allow supplies ░░░░░░░░ evacuate hundreds of people ░░░░░░░░ are in desperate need ░░░░░░░░ medical care The Russians ░░░░░░░░ calling for an emergency ░░░░░░░░ of the Security Council ░░░░░░░░ so far it is ░░░░░░░░ words But there is ░░░░░░░░ indication of what may ░░░░░░░░ to come Today Damascus ░░░░░░░░ reported that Syrian forces ░░░░░░░░ preparing for a final ░░░░░░░░ to retake this area ░░░░░░░░ has about a population ░░░░░░░░ this point of about ░░░░░░░░ 000 people And they ░░░░░░░░ they will do so ░░░░░░░░ days And if that ░░░░░░░░ to pass Brooke what ░░░░░░░░ re seeing now may ░░░░░░░░ just the beginning of ░░░░░░░░ Ben wedeman thank you ░░░░░░░░ you.