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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IRGC forcing owners of factories in Aleppo's Sheikh Najjar Industrial Zone to pay protection money
2019-05-01
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Posted by:Fred

#3  Eek! That is President Trump, of course. I have no idea what I wasn’t thinking.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-05-01 20:58  

#2  To be fair, supporting an army abroad is expensive, while thanks to President Obama the Iranian economy is tanking. They have to pay their troops, not to mention all those irregulars from the Shiite diaspora.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-05-01 20:25  

#1  probably should have read, "...to pay protection money to them rather than to Assad"
Posted by: lord garth   2019-05-01 16:19  

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