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Posted to FB by Kenan Rahmani:
1) Abdullah Kurdi, the father, was detained for 5 months in Air Force
Intelligence in Damascus. While in detention, he was tortured and his
teeth were pulled out. He had to sell his shop in Damascus in order to
bribe the officers to let him out. This cost him 5,000,000 Syrian Liras
(around $25,000)
2) After he bribed his way out of jail, Abdullah fled to Aleppo with his
wife and sons, Alyan and Ghalib. The situation in Aleppo became
dangerous due to the constant bombardment, so he fled again to Kobani,
his hometown.
3) When ISIS attacked Kobani last year, the family could no longer live
in their hometown, so they fled to Turkey. Once in Turkey, the Turkish
government did not provide them with assistance, so they paid almost
$6,000 to secure 4 spots on a rubber dingy to the Greek island of Kos.
4) While on the boat, rough waters caused the boat to flip. The
lifejackets they were given were fake. His sons and wife all drowned in
front of his eyes, in his arms.
5) Kurdi alleges that he had applied in June for refuge to Canada, but
was rejected. After Aylan's photo became a media story, he was
reportedly offered citizenship to Canada. But he doesn't want to go to
Canada or Europe anymore. He says he will go bury his family in Kobani
and stay there to fight against ISIS, because everything has been taken
away from him and he has "nothing to live for."
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