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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSyria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-conflict-how-millions-of-pounds-of-western-aid-destined-for-the-needy-is-falling-into-hands-of-isis-9610491.htmlIsis is also luring doctors and nurses with large salaries in return for their loyalty, a Syrian doctor working for a Norwegian medical NGO in Raqqa told The Independent.
They are buying people one by one they are offering doctors up to 100,000 Syrian pounds a month (£390), which is a fortune there now.
At the beginning they would take any aid they didnt have to pay for, but since they announced the establishment of the caliphate, they are running their own services so that it can become more like a state.
They are buying people one by one they are offering doctors up to 100,000 Syrian pounds a month (£390), which is a fortune there now.
At the beginning they would take any aid they didnt have to pay for, but since they announced the establishment of the caliphate, they are running their own services so that it can become more like a state.
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Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants (Original Post)
grahamhgreen
Jul 2014
OP
This is kind of a sticky wicket. Should the West provide humanitarian aid that props up ISIS?
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
#3
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)1. No way
Are you saying that these people are criminals and will steal food from babies?
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)2. No.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)4. yes they are criminals
How can the mighty US allow this to happen?
Is cheney's gang behind all this?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)3. This is kind of a sticky wicket. Should the West provide humanitarian aid that props up ISIS?
People in areas under ISIS control could probably use it. But it also eases the group's burden of governing.
delrem
(9,688 posts)5. That's really cool. "sticky wicket"
I'd never have imagined such a thing describing the existence of IS, in such jocular terms.
For this I'm forever grateful of DU, which provides such fine examples.