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bigtree

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3. promising, but the numbers of those trapped are believed to be higher than originally reported

Reply to morningfog (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 01:54 PM

Aug 2014

. . . UN and others say those remaining could be as high as 30,000, while others say it may be lower.

Still, it is interesting to see a regional actor take some responsibility.

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AP reporting some 45,000 Kurds have been provided 'safe passage' out of the mountains by Syrians [View all] bigtree Aug 2014 OP

Note to media, a helicopter still on the ground has not "crashed", and can not be shot down..idiots. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #1

it's likely not as easy as just deciding to bigtree Aug 2014 #4

It is amazing to watch the boundry lines and alliances shift so quickly. morningfog Aug 2014 #2

promising, but the numbers of those trapped are believed to be higher than originally reported bigtree Aug 2014 #3