Horrific:
At least 70,000 refugees have crossed into Turkey from Syria in less than 2 days http://t.co/aF4SGmaZTa pic.twitter.com/taD51myfE8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 21, 2014
Kurds flee into Turkey in their thousands to escape Isis offensive http://t.co/pfw5DF6sZU @guardianworld
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 22, 2014
But without any colorful signs promoting the overthrow of capitalism, nobody is really paying attention. For example, this genocide in real-time doesn’t make the front page of today’s New York Times (full-size .pdf here):
And this is how Turkey, our ally and fellow NATO member, responds:
Turkish police fire tear gas to stop more Kurds arriving over from #Syria http://t.co/xUXaoFT0vR http://t.co/hI75xTWxq3 via @marklowen
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 21, 2014
We’re surprised Turkey hasn’t invoked NATO’s Article 5 to get U.S. help to stop the Kurds:
More photos from Syria:
IS militants force 100,000 Kurds to flee into Turkey http://t.co/GE6g7mT31W pic.twitter.com/4KXjJlHJe0
— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) September 22, 2014
Powerful work by @JohnStanmeyer at the Syrian-Turkish border, of Kurds fleeing the IS/ISIShttp://t.co/IoNTbGKcfN pic.twitter.com/K7OSaWZ5Bd
— Chua Chin Hon (@chinhon) September 21, 2014
Over 130,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing #ISIS crossed into Turkey – official http://t.co/jWHqTvYcGW pic.twitter.com/UEB3USjUDX
— RT (@RT_com) September 22, 2014
70,000 Syrian Kurds flee from Islamic State in 24 hours http://t.co/XfOGF3eoux pic.twitter.com/nO7XwoWV8o
— SBS News (@SBSNews) September 21, 2014
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