Subject: re; Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S.

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From: barry levine 
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:03 AM
Subject: re; Before Killing James Foley, ISIS Demanded Ransom From U.S.
To: "letters@nytimes.com"

To the Editor:

   With one hand, France continues to sell Mistral-class warships to Russia while Russia murders hundreds of Dutch citizens, and with the other provides (with the Spanish) "the main source of revenue for al-Qaeda. The French have their own elected government; it is not for us to dictate their foreign policy. But our own U.S. statute forbids us to trade with such a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

Barry Haskell Levine

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/world/middleeast/isis-pressed-for-ransom-before-killing-james-foley.html