Syrian refugees arrive aboard a dinghy after
crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of
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UmiNursihati
Give them the $16,000 to go home.
UmiNursihati
Hear! Hear!
Eli Freedman
The U.S. should be taking in
thousands of refugees, but ONLY
Yazidi's , Coptic's, Chaldean's and
other oppressed and persecuted
minorities from Muslim savagery!!
NOT ONE Muslim should be allowed
in!!!
Brigitte de Andrade
I find the heading somewhat
misleading. Actually it is pityful that
the USA is insulting people's
intelligence by 'taking thousands'
when in reality they will only take
10,000 Syrians over two years, and
then it will take about two to three
years to clear all their paperwork.
That is very different to thousands/
million already in Europe and
demanding.
So if the US promises to take them,
and it will be two to four years, i
think they just biding time and they
will take none. Or will only take 1,200
per year Syrians as they have done in
the past.
Steven Lance
If it were up to the average
American we wouldn't take
any of them.
Brigitte de Andrade
I feel the same way
because they don't
seem like genuine
asylum seekers, and
their attitude is
atrocious, and I feel
sorry for Germany
throwing its identity
out of the window to
take 800 000 and
more every year for
who knows how
many years to come.
And what is really
bad is that they
don't get checked
out, they take them
at face value. How
can leaders of a
country be that
stupid?
Stephen Rother
What the ones that lied to help start
a war. Just like in Iraq.
Lucie
The US is making a mistake in taking
in these Syrian migrants. Now, along
with having to contend with 11
million undocumented migrants from
south of the border, it will have to
deal with thousands of Syrians who
may harbour terrorists in their midst.
If the Republicans win the
presidential race, the first item on
their agenda will be to deport the 11
million undocumented Latinos, and
then deport the syrians.
Ruth Boldrey
What is wrong with those refugees
going to their country and fighting to
free their country?
John Adams
They and their children get
tortured maimed and killed -
that reason enough for you?
Steven Lance
Even the French
fought in the
resistance against
the Nazi's so Muslim
men are weaker than
the French. That
isn't something to
be proud of in my
opinion.
Lucie
Are the military-age
men so cowardly
that they are afraid
to defend and
protect their
country??
Lucie
It is called cowardice,
Paul Fishman
We will have to screen the Syrians
who are coming in. IF they are
Christians fleeing persecution then it
is easier for them to resettlement in
the US. For those who are Muslim, it
would be problematical because it
will be hard to differentiate those
who are orthodox radical that mean
harm vs moderate. Still at least be
open to some of them BUT with
caution.
Varoujan Tourian
It was Jew HYBRID Obama and
converted Jew Secretary Kerry that
started the destruction of of Middle
East countries in support of
ELIMINATING any conceived threat to
Racist, Apartheid, Elitist, CHOSEN
Israel that killed 2 million Arabs,
Moslems and M.E. Christians and
displaced 15 million others, not to
mention the pittance of 70,000 Jew-
run US soldiers and 100,000 STUPID
ALLIES! Obama did not solve the
financial crises! He just put it on the
back burner with his Jewish
Quantitative Easing of printing un-
backed PAPER money and buying
TREASURY CERTIFICATES, ERGO
DEFICIT SPENDING $85/MONTH for 7
years. It is the STUPID, USA
GENTILES (Jew for ALL leprous
others) that solely paid the price in
RAMPANT INFLATION but it was not
called Inflation because Obama did
what Robert Mugabi did! Now Stupid
Americans can pay $12/pound for
meat that used to be $1.49 and
$3.99 for bread that used to be
$0.89/pound before Obama! Israel is
worth it!!!
Lectori Salutem
whack job above
Lucie
You are a raging lunatic.
Would you care to quote the
sources of your drivel?
James O'Callaghan
pathetic. 1.6 billion muslims
in the world. 14million
jews...and you blame them?
how weak are muslims
anyhow?
Jo Wobble
You talk like a brain
damaged conservative....oh,
wait, there is nothing else.
Charles Durham
WE AMERICANS CAUSED THIS
DISASTER AND CAN ONLY TAKE
IN 10,000 SYRIANS WHILE
GERMANY TAKES IN OVER HALF
A MILLION . WHAT HAVE WE
BECOME?
Max Barry
We Americans. You no
American and certainly no
one with any knowledge.
Steven Lance
We American's did? I don't
remember the USA starting
the civil war in Syria. I do
remember some Muslims
flying planes into the TWTC
on 9/11 though.
Lucie
Set a good example by
sponsoring an entire family
of migrants. Sponsor is
entirely responsible for
family reunification, housing,
food, clothing, health care,
dental care, education,
transportation, legal fees,
entertainment, etc., until the
migrant is granted legal
status. Until then the
sponsor pays ALL the bills.
Jo Wobble
That USED to be the
criteria in the
US....sponsorship.
We need to get back
to that.
Michael Laughlin
How many of the Muslim, Middle
Eastern nations are taking-in Syrian
refugees? None.
outwidit
1. Lebanese minister tells David
Cameron ISIS jihadists are coming
...Daily Mail-6 hours ago
2. Pope Francis on Monday warned
that ISIS terrorists could sneak into
Europe
http://nypost.com/2015/09/14/pope-
warns-of-isis-da...
3. Officials warn 20,000 ISIS jihadis
'have infiltrated Syrian refugee camps
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-
news/officials-warn-20000-isis-
jihadis-6443516
4. ISIS hiding 20,000 jihadis among
refugees, official warns - and they're
heading for Europe
http://www.express.co.uk/news/
uk/605238/Islamic-State-David-
Cameron-Lebanon-Elias-Bou-Saab-
Migrant-Refugee-Syria-Pope-Francis
5. Britain's Cameron urges support
for Syrian refugees in Lebanon,
Jordan
http://news.yahoo.com/britains-
cameron-arrives-lebanon-amid-
refugee-crisis-060104647.html
Steven Lance
This is article is on an
Aljazeera website which is
owned the royal family of
Qatar who is at this moment
exploiting slave labor and
killing people so they can
build soccer stadiums. They
have no moral authority to
talk about anyone else's
obligations. Anyone who
isn't Muslim working for
them is taking blood money.
Sea Note
Just pack them into GITMO and hold
them for at least five years to sweat
the terrorism out of them.
Bader Rammal
The Syrian Nahas is proud of US
homos'exuality right !! But to breast
feed in public, It's indecent and
nudity!!!
Lectori Salutem
it's not illegal to breast feed
in public in the u.s.
Max Barry
Gee better than Muslims
raping and beheading in
public!!!!
Rahimbinakhtar
You may come in India...
Hizan
How many bombs did you drop on
Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - for one
bomb dropped you have to take 1000
refugees
Max Barry
So why is Iran taking
none????
Lectori Salutem
notice how our little
islamic hypocrite
doesn't mention
yemen
Michael Laughlin
How many Muslims have
Muslims murdered? For every
one ... one, and the refugee
problem would disappear.
Kelley Olson
What Katherine said I'm taken by
surprise that anyone able to make
$5066 in four weeks on the computer
. look at more info…
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Dl Jones
What is website for the
Jobs97.for fill in blank
Mitch1712
We're all one together Not separate,
not alone
Different thoughts Different beliefs
But we all Live, Love & mourn
All people love, All people hate,
All people feel pain, All people live a
life
So many differences, Yet deep down
the same
We can all achieve, We can all cry
foul
But we are still, all people, All
Humans but I guess Some More then
Others… What was their crime the
Children of the conflict in Iraq, Syria,
Libya ???? I am Neither a Muslim, nor
Christian But a Human Being first.
and what ever said and done the kids
deserve better from us
Lectori Salutem
"We're all one together Not
separate, not alone
Different thoughts Different
beliefs"
but some faiths believe that
their faith requires the blood
of others!
goomadeer
Exactly.. it aint so
simple Mitch1712..
we can all sit around
and smoke pot and
sing love songs
whilst those who
don't cut our heads
off...
Bobmattfran
You mean like the
bornagain neocon
reptiles that destoy,
bomb and maim
men women and
children when the
warmongering USA
invade, dtabilise and
regime change
sovereign states for
profit what a sad vile
twisted little ponce
you are.
Lectori Salutem
the u.s. didn't
invade syria. i
understand you
muzzzies have to
blame others for
your violence and
bigotry but you can
try to use a little
common sense
Steve Fornelius
I worked for 3 year doing vetting of
Iraqis wanting to work or live in the
Green Zone. The AVERAGE time it
took was two weeks and we had all
the information we wanted from the
Iraqi authorities at hand. I think it
would take probably a decade to vet
10000 Syrians.
Lucie
Has it ever occurred to Syrian men
and women to fight for their country
instead of fleeing like cowards?
Patti Hansen
Have you seen what is
happening to their country?
They have lost EVERYTHING.
How dare you call them
cowards. Put yourself in their
situation before you start the
hateful name calling, please.
Steven Lance
Did you see what
happened to France?
Poland? in world war
2? These refugee's
are weak and soft
and want to just
pick up and get a
free ride and start
their own mini-Syria
in Germany and once
they don't get
everything their way
there just wait cause
they will cry and
moan like no others.
Sea Note
Arabs are finding out that the USA
will allow people to land if they arrive
from the ocean in inner tubes.
Sea Note
The trick is that the open door is on
an airplane at 30,000 feet.
Stephen
Gays and Lesbians to the front of
the line. Christians being slaughtered
for their religion will have to wait.
AsimovsGhostIII
Did you ignore the part
where it directly said
religious minorities (which
includes Christians) are
priority refugees for
admittance? Reading
comprehension my friend
Ajani Bandele-mason
Are these refugees, who had
sanctuary in Turkey, on the move to
Europe and USA because they fear
civil-war is breaking out in Turkey???
LannisterMarc
Yes. Turkey is not a proper
place to stay. Even Turks
were running from Turkey to
Germany and other Europe
countries way before the civil
war. No matter how much
Turkey puts a bow on their
tourist attractions and
beaches, it's still not a great
country to live and raise a
family in. "Freedom" isn't
valued much in Turkey if
you're a different minority.
SileSkelley
I find it interesting
that some americans
empathize with the
oppressed minority
in foreign lands but
ignore oppression in
their own country.
(Your comment just
inspired the thought,
this isnt in response
to you.)
Anonymous
No, now they are migrants
heading for the money and
shelter of German workers.
The USA and Canada duck
down, thinking about taking
0.1% symbolically..
Fahad Othman
Aaaaaaaaaaa
Alastair
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Subhi Nahas, 28, from Syria [James Reinl/
Al Jazeera]
New York, United States - Being gay carries a
death sentence in Syria.
Amid the chaos of a brutal, multi-front war
between government forces, Islamist fighters,
moderates and Kurds, religious hardliners
execute homosexuals by hurling them from
rooftops as punishment for an ungodly lifestyle.
Subhi Nahas, a gay 28-year-old who fled the
city of Idlib, fearing for his life, got a lucky
break. He is one of about 1,500 Syrian war
refugees to have been accepted by a US
resettlement scheme that is set to grow sharply
in the coming months.
"It's completely different from where I came
from," Nahas told Al Jazeera from his new
home in San Francisco, a liberal-minded city
that gave rise to the US' gay rights movement
in the 1970s.
"People are so open. You can be whoever you
want to be."
According to Jessica Stern, executive director
of the International Gay and Lesbian Human
Rights Commission, ISIL is a leading persecutor
of gays in Syria, and has released online videos
and photos of dozens of executions.
ISIL fighters typically accuse homosexuals of
"committing acts of the people of Lot
[sodomy]" and condemn them to death. They
are often hurled from the tops of buildings;
those not killed on impact are finished off
with a few well-aimed rocks.
Europe bound
As Nahas flew to the US' west coast, his
countrymen were among the hundreds of
thousands of refugees seeking better lives,
work and safety in Europe. Many chanced
Mediterranean Sea crossings from Libya, others
travelled overland through Greece.
According to the International Organization for
Migration (IOM), 432,761 people have
entered the 28-nation European Union (EU) via
Italian or Greek sea routes so far this year,
more than double the total for the whole of
2014.
They often risk trips on rickety vessels. Some
2,748 migrants have died in the Mediterranean
to date, the IOM said. They include Aylan Kurdi,
a Kurdish toddler who drowned in a failed
Turkey-Greece sea crossing this month.
The photo of the three-year-old's body, washed
up on the Turkish shoreline, became a cause
celebre of the crisis.
Refugee flows have sent shockwaves across
Europe. German officials have said they could
accept 500,000 asylum seekers annually. Others
are more cautious. Some Eastern European
countries have rejected plans for a quota
system that would see migrants dispersed evenly
"I see these people in the news, they are my
people," Nahas said. "More governments should
open up their doors for everyone, not just
exceptional or LGBT people, but to everyone
who is coming."
Refugee 'terrorists'
The controversy hit the US last week with
Republican Senator John McCain showing
Kurdi's photograph before Congress. Officially,
the US has increased its quota for Syrian
refugees to help shoulder the burden of the
crisis.
But what has been divisive in Europe has been
contentious in the US.
Marco Rubio, a Republican candidate in the
2016 White House race, has warned of
"terrorists" infiltrating the US as refugees.
Campaign groups, including Human Rights
First and the International Rescue
Committee, say the US should take as many as
100,000 refugees.
Jonathan Cristol, a scholar at the World Policy
Institute think-tank, disagrees.
"Critics say that 10,000 is too few, but the US
scares easily and if any of them commits a
crime or joins a terrorist group, the number of
refugees from Syria and elsewhere in the
Middle East who are admitted to the US will
plummet in the future," he told Al Jazeera.
Even if Syria's war ends, its war-ravaged
economy will send people spilling across its
borders for years to come, Cristol added.
Joshua Landis, a Syria analyst at the University
of Oklahoma, warned that many Syrian
refugees would struggle to reach the high bar
set by the US' anti-terrorism security checks.
The US has a bad track record on refugees, he
added.
"Washington keeps on promising that the
pathway is being greased, but it takes time for
the wheels of our massive bureaucracy to
process them, along with all the security
vetting that comes with it," he said.
"It was the same with Iraq, very few refugees
made it here in the early years of the conflict."
Others question why only Europe and the US
should open their doors to Syria's refugees
when Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich Gulf
states - which do not legally recognise refugees
- are closer and have more space and
disposable money.
"Obama's decision is well-intended but
reactionary and limited compared to what he
should be doing," Adam Whitcomb, an analyst
at the Institute for Gulf Affairs think-tank, told
Al Jazeera.
"He needs to pressure Gulf leaders to absorb
millions of refugees and provide an immediate
and effective solution to a crisis that's
overwhelming Europe."
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