Syria conflict exclusive: Western aid going to help territory held by Isis militants

[grahamhgreen]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-conflict-how-millions-of-pounds-of-western-aid-destined-for-the-needy-is-falling-into-hands-of-isis-9610491.html

Isis is also luring doctors and nurses with large salaries in return for their loyalty, a Syrian doctor working for a Norwegian medical NGO in Raqqa told The Independent.
“They are buying people one by one – they are offering doctors up to 100,000 Syrian pounds a month (£390), which is a fortune there now.
“At the beginning they would take any aid they didn’t have to pay for, but since they announced the establishment of the caliphate, they are running their own services so that it can become more like a state.”

[RobertEarl]

1. No way

Are you saying that these people are criminals and will steal food from babies?

[grahamhgreen]

2. No.

[RobertEarl]

4. yes they are criminals

How can the mighty US allow this to happen?

Is cheney's gang behind all this?

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. This is kind of a sticky wicket. Should the West provide humanitarian aid that props up ISIS?

People in areas under ISIS control could probably use it. But it also eases the group's burden of governing.

[delrem]

5. That's really cool. "sticky wicket"

I'd never have imagined such a thing describing the existence of IS, in such jocular terms.

For this I'm forever grateful of DU, which provides such fine examples.