07/30/2014: Another massacre in Gaza, this time in the middle of a SUPER MARKET. Damn, where was Hamas firing from? Behind the produce isle? Bullshit. Shame on you and your excuses, Israel.
This one has been reworked a bit. Still the same story though, just fixed how Starla notices Duke, basically. That’s the biggest change.
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“That would be a literal blessing,” her sister says, sighing into the phone with hope that pierces through the static of low reception.
“Well,” Starla sighs, hand on her hip, looking at the stacked boxes in her apartment, artfully ignoring the eviction notice laying on the kitchen counter. “I kind of don’t have a place to live past Thursday, so I don’t have much of a choice.”
“Well, you’re always welcome to come take the guest room.”
Starla rubs the bridge of her nose. “I can’t afford any rent, though.”
“You don’t need to pay rent, ” Melissa insists, words garbled by the piercing sound of a crying baby. There’s some rustling, sound muffled as she deals with the crying newborn. “You’re my sister,” she continues, voice softer as she soothes the baby, practically cooing. “It’s no problem and you’d be doing me a huge favor anyways, with the kids.”
“Okay,” Starla says, nodding to herself, like she has options and a choice. “Let’s do it.”
Afghan men chant “U.S. special operations forces out!” as several hundred demonstrators march to the Afghan parliament building to protest against the continued presence of U.S. commandos in Afghanistan’s troubled Wardak province, on March 16, 2013. The demonstrators were demanding the release of nine local citizens they believe were detained by the U.S. forces.
The ISIS news agency Amaq said that ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks, in Latakia province, saying that suicide bombers targeted areas where “Alawites gather.” Deliberately targeting civilians is a war crime, and anyone involved in preparing, ordering, or carrying out such a crime should be held accountable.
