Syria’s civil war is killing refugees

[Sally]

Syria’s civil war is killing refugees
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FIRST POSTED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2015 04:17 PM MDT | UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2015 04:26 PM MDT

A man hold a placard reading "Help Europe" as Syrian and Afgan refugees attend a protest rally to demand to travel to Germany on September 2, 2015 outside the Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest. Hungarian authorities face mounting anger from thousands of migrants who are unable to board trains to western European countries after the main Budapest station was closed. AFP PHOTO / FERENC ISZA

The real cause of the death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi -- whose lifeless body washed up on the shores of southern Turkey along with those of his five-year-old brother and mother -- is the Syrian civil war.

While the photo of that tragedy has suddenly galvanized world opinion, this war has been going on for four years between the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and rebel forces, joined more recently by the crazed killers of ISIS. Syria is in chaos.

Almost 300,000 people have died in the fighting.

Three hundred thousand have tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe; 2,500 have drowned.


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[Blackrook]

Literally, there is absolutely no way the United States can fix this problem. We can pray for the Syrians, and pray for peace, but that is all we can do.

 

[Blackrook]

Another problem is that both sides of the Syrian Civil War are anti-Americans. No matter who wins, we lose.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - Obama shoulda put the head-thump on Assad a year ago...

World waited too long before acting over refugees: UN
Mon, Sep 28, 2015 - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that the world waited far too long to respond to the refugee crisis sparked by the wars in Syria and elsewhere, though rich nations now appear to understand the scale of the problem.

“Unfortunately only when the poor enter the halls of the rich do the rich notice that the poor exist,” Guterres said in an interview on the sidelines of the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN General Assembly. “Until we had this massive movement into Europe, there was no recognition in the developed world of how serious this crisis was,” he said. “If, in the past, we had more massive support to those countries in the developing world that have been receiving them and protecting them, this would not have happened.”

The sudden arrival in Europe of tens of thousands refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, many abandoning refugee camps in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon, has stirred sharp disagreement between EU members on how to “process” and accommodate them. While governments such as Germany have proven more welcoming, eastern European countries have resisted plans for quotas to disperse refugees.

For years, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan have struggled to cope with millions of refugees from Syria’s 4.5-year civil war. “The refugees are living worse and worse,” Guterres said. “They’re not allowed to work, the overwhelming majority of them live below the poverty line. It’s more and more difficult for them to have any hope in the future.”

World waited too long before acting over refugees: UN - Taipei Times

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Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges Internet access to refugee camps
Sept. 27, 2015 -- Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans Saturday to bring Internet access to United Nations refugee camps.

Speaking before the UN, Zuckerberg said Internet access will enable refugees from the Syrian civil war to communicate with family and get better support from the aid community while they seek resettlement. He said the access not only helps with communication but also lifts some from poverty. He did not detail how and where Facebook would work with refugee camps. "It's not all altruism," Zuckerberg said later. "We all benefit when we are more connected."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg participates in an online "town hall" meeting with President Barak Obama at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California on April 2011. Saturday, Zuckerberg announced plans to bring internet access to United Nations refugee camps.

Zuckerberg's pledge is the latest move by tech giants including Google to bring Internet connectivity worldwide. If they succeed, billions more people could be connected. Facebook and Google alike have been building technologies to beam Internet connections to remote towns and villages. "The Internet is more than just a network of machines, it is the key driver of social and economic progress in our time," Zuckerberg said. "A like or a post won't stop a tank or a bullet, but when people are connected, we have the chance to build a common global community with a shared understanding."

Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges Internet access to refugee camps

 

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What is your point? All wars end up killing refugees.

 

[Sally]

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What is your point? All wars end up killing refugees.

And what is your point, Dante, in coming here? Next time why not bring us something that is happening in the Middle East.other than some innocuous remark.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Syria’s civil war is killing refugees

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Syria’s civil war is killing refugees

What is your point? All wars end up killing refugees.

And what is your point, Dante, in coming here? Next time why not bring us something that is happening in the Middle East.other than some innocuous remark.

Can't get anymore inane than a 'war is killing refugees'

btw ... (innocuous - such a large word for your type, no?)

 

[Sally]

Syria’s civil war is killing refugees

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Continue reading at:
Syria’s civil war is killing refugees

What is your point? All wars end up killing refugees.

And what is your point, Dante, in coming here? Next time why not bring us something that is happening in the Middle East.other than some innocuous remark.

Can't get anymore inane than a 'war is killing refugees'

btw ... (innocuous - such a large word for your type, no?)

Looks like Dante was feeling lonely so put in his innocuous two cents to get some attention. Now how about Dante keeping us up to date about something happening in places like the Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, etc. instead of making innocuous remarks. After all, he did drag himself to the Middle East forum so he must have some current events he would like to share. However, he might be too diffident to do so.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Hey Sally, how did you make out with that...

On never mind

 

[Penelope]

Maybe Putin can put an end to it, we've been bombing for a year and still nothing but a war torn country, why because we are after Assad not ISIS.

 

[Sally]

Hey Sally, how did you make out with that...

On never mind

Oh, lookie here, Dante is going to lose his shyness and honor us with relating what is going on in one of the Middle East countries. Which country are you going to tell us about, Dante, or should we wait to see which one you will choose?