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$28 Million Donated for Syria Refugees in UAE
A better target for charity than their usual jihadi groups...
[AnNahar] An Emirati campaign to raise funds for Syrian refugees faced with harsh winter conditions in camps in neighboring states has raised almost $28 million, the Red Islamic Thingy announced Saturday.

Red Islamic Thingy chief Mohammed Atiq, quoted by state news agency WAM, said a Friday-Saturday telethon organized by local television collected 102 million dirhams ($27.8 million).

The United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
 on Monday appealed for a record $12.9 billion in global emergency aid, half of which is for victims of Syria's war, which has displaced millions both within the country and across its borders.

The oil-rich UAE, like its Gulf neighbors, has come out in support of the opposition battling to oust Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
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Posted by: trailing wife 2013-12-22
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