TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Mohammed Sufian did not dream of much: a job, food on the table, the chance to buy his 2½-year-old son the little things a toddler wants.
So when he heard that smugglers were taking people from his hometown of Tripoli to the nearby Mediterranean island of Cyprus, he decided to take the chance with his pregnant wife and child. To pay their way, he sold his furniture and two of his sister’s bracelets.
They boarded a small fishing boat with the others. But what would be expected to be a 40-hour trip went badly: For eight harrowing days, they were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea, apparently losing their way and running out of diesel. At least four adults and two children died — including Sufian’s little boy. Six are missing.
Born a Muslim in the Middle East and you spend you lifetime battling the Muslims, killing Christians or hating on the Jews. The result is total disaster, from Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Now Lebanon.
My advice? Tell the Ghost and Goblin preachers to go to hades. Europe nor the US is going to invite a bunch of religious phychos. We have enough trouble with our own Ghost and Goblin crowd.
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