Posted on 12/04/2016 2:14:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
An airstrike on Thursday has ended the life of the 24-year-old Anas al-Basha, who was known as Aleppo’s clown.
Basha, who was also a civil rights activist, chose to remain in the divided Aleppo to work with children and mitigate their traumas in the conflict-torn, northwestern Syrian city.
The activist’s corpse was found buried under the rubble with the hat and makeup he wore in his role as a clown, in the eastern part of the city, which was held by the rebels.
After heavy airstrikes, the Syrian regime has regained on Sunday more than half of Aleppo.
His death is all the more tragic as he tied the knot only two months ago, and assumed the directorship of the ‘Fada Al-Amal’ center, part of a civil organization.
Created by eastern Aleppo’s residents, the center supports 12 schools and four psychosocial rehabilitation care centers. The center provides moral and financial support for 365 children who has lost their parents and families.
The organization suspended its activities in eastern Aleppo following the intensified air raids and attacks in the city
And doubtless there are extremist Muslims who think "the only good Christian is a dead Christian."
Seems rather insane. WWJD?
I'm not sure, but I'm convinced that Jesus would stop short of expressing the mindless hate you have just expressed.
I must also state my belief that the Lord would be right to do so.
So I'm going to go ahead and reject bigoted sentiment, as I believe Christ would, and consider a somewhat less blindly strident position...
Daddy used to say, “WAR IS HELL!” He was a WWII combat
veteran of N. Africa, Italy and Germany. Flashbacks all
his life after the war.
“A little song, a little dance, a little mortar down your pants.”
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