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‘I Wish It Was Me:’ Syrian Boy Weeps Over Brother’s Body
Al Arabiya ^ | Friday, 29 April 2016

Posted on 04/30/2016 10:39:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Tragic footage of a Syrian boy crying over his brother’s dead body has drawn global attention, as the country’s half-decade long conflict continues to escalate.

In the video, the boy cries “I wish it was me, not you.” His brother was killed after several airstrikes hit Syria’s second city of Aleppo.

The bombing raids on Thursday killed dozens of civilians in rebel-held areas of the city, which include a hospital where more than 50 people were killed.

The video also showed the boy stroking his dead brother’s face, calling him “the love of my father” before workers came and took the body away.

Footage like this is not uncommon. Since the start of the war in Syria, countless videos with shocking footage of civilians in the war-torn country have surfaced.

On Thursday, footage of a baby that was being pulled out of the rubble in Aleppo circulated around the web. The video showed rescuers rushing to dig their way through rubble to find the infant after a barrel bomb had destroyed the building - an incident that left at least 50 dead.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; muslimworld; syria
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To: nickcarraway

STOP THE SADNESS!


21 posted on 05/01/2016 3:54:31 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: nickcarraway

Intra-Muslim wars and squabbles have been going on forever. It is not the infidels problem. Let the Muslims and Allah sort it out. Many are sure they will be going to alleged Allah’s alleged paradise I am sure.


22 posted on 05/01/2016 3:55:52 AM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

These children grow up to rape your daughters and kill your sons.

You cannot let these people into your country, any more than you would let them into your home.

Assistance in Syria to keep them in Syria is the only help they should get, but only because we are who we are, not because of who they are.


23 posted on 05/01/2016 4:25:11 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Fresh Wind
> Saudi Arabia has 100,000 air-conditioned tents sitting empty, still won’t take Syrian refugees"

Well they ARE Muslim too so they know a big percentage of the "refugees" could likely be bomb bearers. They should know. They don't want to end up like the U.S. with hundreds of thousands of armories (mosques) popping up all over the place to suddenly rise up and overthrow their government. Hell if it weren't or the 2nd Amendment and people armed to the teeth over I bet they would have already started bearing their teeth and started their assault on the U.S. The only things that keeps them at bay is knowing there's Americans over here that can pull triggers just as well as they can and are willing to sacrifice themselves just as much as they are IMO

24 posted on 05/01/2016 4:27:53 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: RFEngineer
Children aren't born destined to grow up and do these things. It's the failure of their parents and their society that leads to this. In cultures that teach hatred, like in the madrassas, they are essentially killing their children.
25 posted on 05/01/2016 4:34:48 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

“Children aren’t born destined to grow up and do these things. “

Muslim children are. If they are lucky enough to be orphaned as infants and raised to adulthood with Judeo-Christian values, they might have a chance. Other than that, they are not fit for any productive purpose. They must live and die in place with no opportunity to destroy our families, culture society and economy.

We will have to imprison, kill, or repatriate the vast majority of these muslims that have fled Syria for the west. It doesn’t matter why at this point. They are what they are.


26 posted on 05/01/2016 5:01:37 AM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: knarf

Having been in Afghanistan for a few years leading a USAID-funded training project, I saw some good in that project and others. The problem often is that projects are tactical rather than strategic. This means there can be short-term good that eventually becomes long-term bad. The other major problem is that NGOs that effectively deliver meaningful aid are largely not funded due to the complexities, cost, and bounds imposed by receiving such funding.


27 posted on 05/01/2016 5:36:06 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: ruination

BS..Israel doesnt need to do anything to help the muslim animals...the Christians tho are a different matter but no country will accept them.


28 posted on 05/01/2016 5:47:09 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

It’s too late by the kid reaches 6 or so...if the child is a girl she probably been sold of as a wife and if the child is a boy he probably has already been raped numerous times. Islam can not ever coexist with any civilization...


29 posted on 05/01/2016 5:50:39 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: nickcarraway

Destroy islam.


30 posted on 05/01/2016 6:26:15 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Fresh Wind

The Donald needs to speak about this, if he hasn’t already.
This is an incredible fact of Saudi selfishness and myopia.


31 posted on 05/01/2016 11:38:14 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ruination

“Israel has an utter ban on entry of any and every Syrian.”

Good for them. Let the Saudis and Kuwaitis take the Arab brothers in.

L


32 posted on 05/01/2016 11:40:13 AM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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