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uppityperson

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25. They do get snow in Syria and Afghanistan in areas where DAESH hangs out

Reply to Nye Bevan (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 21, 2016, 08:33 PM

Jan 2016

This is of a refugee camp, not DAESH, but shows snow in Syria, Lebanon. Also realize some supporters are in the US and may well have lived in snow and ice for some time, if not a long time.

http://www.euronews.com/2016/01/06/snow-in-syria-and-lebanon-causes-new-hardship-for-refugees/

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