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4. it's likely not as easy as just deciding to

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 01:10 PM

Aug 2014

a few allies are working on it.

According to statements released by the White House, leaders of both Britain and France have agreed to join the United States in providing help to the refugees, and that on Saturday Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to develop options to secure the civilians' safety.

The White House also said Obama and French President Francois Hollande agreed on the need for an "urgent, coordinated international response to the humanitarian disaster." The two leaders said they would work together on a longer term strategy to counter the Islamic State group.

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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