You have commented 358 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
EXPLAINER: Who are the kids trapped in Syria prison attack?
2022-01-27
[AlAhram] A distressing series of voice notes sent by an Australian teenager from a prison in northeast Syria underscores the plight of thousands of forgotten children who remain trapped in detention facilities in Syria and Iraq.

Hundreds of minors are believed to be holed up in Gweiran Prison, which has been at the center of a violent mostly peaceful standoff between Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group bully boyz and US-backed Kurdish fighters that began a week ago.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  WB, Fred!
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-27 22:55  

#8  Maybe Islamic charities can actually spend money on widows and orphans instead of ammunition?

Ammunition is a business expense. A charity needs widows and orphans to solicit money for. You need ammunition to make widows and orphans. Circle of Life, man.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-01-27 20:28  

#7  Can't bring myself to care. Maybe Islamic charities can actually spend money on widows and orphans instead of ammunition?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-01-27 20:02  

#6  Is this the kid whose pa blew up while out Friday Driving?

*Thank you TW; good to hear.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-27 18:05  

#5  Thank you TW.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-01-27 11:24  

#4  Last we heard, the heart bypass surgery was a success, Whiskey Mike.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-01-27 10:06  

#3  Speaking of Fred, how is he doing?
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-01-27 09:22  

#2  To quote Fred: My heart bleeds. *Urp* It was the chili
Posted by: Frank G   2022-01-27 09:01  

#1  Can Hyenas Be Tamed?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-01-27 07:10  

00:00