Posted on 07/15/2020 9:05:00 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
BEIRUT: Zakaria Al-Omar was walking through Beirut when a stranger robbed him at knifepoint, a desperate crime of a kind that has become increasingly common in crisis-torn Lebanon. The small Mediterranean country is mired in an economic crisis marked by a steep currency fall and runaway inflation that have plunged nearly half of the population into poverty. Omar, a 37-year-old graphic designer, recalled the terrifying and tragic encounter that started when a man in his 40s crept up behind him as he walked alone at night through Beirut’s Hamra commercial district. “He told me that he didn’t want to hurt me. He asked me to give him money or take him to a grocery store to buy some food,” Omar recounted. “He said his children back home were crying from hunger.” The robber grabbed the money and darted toward his motorcycle, then stopped dead in his tracks and returned, explaining that he had lost his job and could no longer pay the rent. “He started crying and apologized to me,” Omar told AFP. “He told me that he was not a thief but that he was hungry and so were his children.” Omar said he refused to take back the cash. “I told him that I forgave him, and then he went away,” Omar said. “I was scared but I also felt sad for that man breaking down in front of me.”
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I thought that one of the pillars of Islam was charity. Am I wrong?
Wait, I thought AOCIdiot virtually insinuated the same thing for the astronomical increase in crime in NYC....? /s
Soon coming to NYC, Seattle, Chicago, and other known areas. If oatmeal Joe gets in it will be time to brace.
I am hearing of worse things occurring in China right now. The CCP is trying to keep it quiet but they’ve been facing runs on their banks as a growing number of their banks are faltering due to bad loans. Millions are out of work in no small part due to Wuhan Flu reducing demand for all manner of Chinese goods around the world. Also hearing they are having problems paying their military personnel as well.
China just might be the next commie regime to fall and right as the US Marxists are trying to make a revolution happen here.
It’s a muz majority country. That explains why it’s a basket case. Get rid of the 7th century superstition and just maybe it’ll be ready to join the modern world.
It’s coming here. We were in the eye of the storm. When we come out of it we will be on the economic side of it. The article about Canada’s currency is just a very tiny tip of this iceberg.
We’re gonna be seeing some pretty severe price inflation.
Pardon me but can I ask what’s going on with Canada’s currency? Got a link? I ask as I know a lot of Canadians.
Soon coming to NYC, Seattle, Chicago, and other known areas. If oatmeal Joe gets in it will be time to brace.
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Also should commence when OTR drivers quit risking their lives delivering 18 wheeler loads of groceries to cities with defunded or no police force. Food desert of millions.
I’m sorry but I can’t find it. The thread must have been deleted for some reason. Then again, sometimes the search function here doesn’t work very well.
...and pay for gas?. Like the cardboard beggers smoking cigs and slurping on Starbucks begging for money. All of them in their 20’s and meth’d out.
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