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The town where up to 20 people a day die from starvation: 200,000 Syrians face food shortage
The Daily Mail ^ | 17 January 2016 | GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE

Posted on 01/17/2016 5:17:24 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Up to 15 to 20 people have died of starvation in the Syrian eastern city of Deir Ezzor last year and 200,000 residents - mostly women and children - face sharply deteriorating conditions in its western side, which is under siege by ISIS, according to a United Nations report.

Islamic State militants have closed access to the city since last March, leaving inhabitants with no electricity for more than 10 months.

The restrictions led to a severe shortage of food, medicine and basic commodities. Water to the area is supplied for only three hours a week.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 01/17/2016 5:17:24 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Obviously the only answer is to bring them to Europe and give them welfare.


2 posted on 01/17/2016 5:19:20 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: MinorityRepublican

They’ll be eating sausage in Stuttgard before Saturday.


3 posted on 01/17/2016 5:19:48 PM PST by PGR88
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To: MinorityRepublican

Kill your islamo ISIS oppressors or STFU.


4 posted on 01/17/2016 5:24:57 PM PST by soycd
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To: soycd
Kill your islamo ISIS oppressors or STFU.

All the military age men are already in Europe. The ones dying are the women and children they left behind.

5 posted on 01/17/2016 5:29:02 PM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: dfwgator

more specifically, not all of “them”, just the young men.


6 posted on 01/17/2016 5:29:44 PM PST by C210N (Supporting the Constitutional Conservative in the race. Constitutional Conservative Cruz.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Where the hell is The UN?

Oh. Right. Busy hiring hookers and attending lavish functions.

7 posted on 01/17/2016 5:33:02 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: AlaskaErik

>All the military age men are already in Europe. The ones dying are the women and children they left behind.

That’s better than them breeding any more islamo trash. islam must be stopped at all costs. Evil must not be allowed to propagate.


8 posted on 01/17/2016 5:33:52 PM PST by soycd
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To: MinorityRepublican

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/01/17/ISIS-kills-dozens-in-Syria-s-Deir-Ezzor.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/17/isis-fighters-abduct-400-civilians-major-attack-deir-ez-zor


9 posted on 01/17/2016 5:34:14 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Spend more time farming instead of fighting for your “religion”


10 posted on 01/17/2016 5:37:11 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: MinorityRepublican

?


11 posted on 01/17/2016 6:01:03 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump Cruz "Can't we all just get along?" lol)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Their muslim brothers will feed them and give them everything they need.

No need to travel, it will come to them.

12 posted on 01/17/2016 6:13:33 PM PST by TYVets
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13 posted on 01/17/2016 6:14:52 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Texas Eagle
Where the hell is The UN?

Ain't no Jews to blame

Can't blame capitalism

Soooo. . . . what difference does it make?

14 posted on 01/17/2016 6:37:18 PM PST by saywhatagain
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To: dfwgator

Good one dfwgator - that’s what liberals want us to believe.. here’s what we can say to them:

http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/schools-colleges/national-curriculum/berlin-airlift/facts-figures.aspx

Berlin Airlift - Facts & Figures

Normal daily food requirements for Berlin was 2000 tons (2032 tonnes)
Coal represented two -thirds of all tonnage; giving each family 11.3 - 11.6 kg (25-30lb) per month
The airlift required 850,00 multi-layer paper sacks per month
394,509 tons (400,821 tonnes) of foodstuffs, coal and supplies carried by 689 military and civil aircraft - 441 US, 147 RAF and 101 British civil.
The pilots and aircrew also came from Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand
83,405 tons (84373 tonnes) of cargo and 68,000 people were flown OUT of Berlin
39 British, 31 American and 13 German civilians lost their lives in the Berlin Airlift. They are remembered on the Berlin Airlift monument at Tempelhof
200,230,415 km (124,420,813 miles) were flown during the airlift. A total of 277,804 flights
The Russian blockade lasted from 24 June 1948 to 11 May 1949, but the airlift continued for several more months
The airlift cost the United States $350 million; the UK £17 million and Western Germany 150 million Deutschmarks
Berliners received an average of 2,300 calories a day which was higher than the UK food rationing system provided at the time
At the height of the operation, on April 16 1949, an allied aircraft landed in Berlin every minute
The major Berlin airfields involved were Tempelhof in the American sector, Gatow on the Havel river in the British sector and Tegel which was built by army engineers and Berlin volunteers in 49 days inside the French sector
Each aircraft was unloaded by German crews in 20-30 minutes
British aircraft involved - C47 Dakotas and Avro Yorks


15 posted on 01/17/2016 7:46:40 PM PST by GOPJ (It's more important to have a gun in your hand than a cop on the phone- Florida Sheriff Grady Judd)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Let’s fix the headline:

Islamics hold starving population of town hostage. Rest of Muslim world sits on hands and does nothing.

To emphasize this: Saudi Arabia, the most well armed Arab power has every ability to end this hostage standoff, kill Isis and feed every starving person in that town.

So my response to the newspaper is:

Time for Arabia to fix Arabia.


16 posted on 01/17/2016 8:15:10 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Muslims killing muslims. Let muslims fix it.


17 posted on 01/17/2016 10:20:20 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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