I Don't Think You'll Survive Isis

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Adnan would visit sights pillaged by isis and take pictures smuggling the fowls back home on a memory card that he kept tucked away in his jacket. He was paid a couple hundred dollars a month by amora's organization to document the isis antique trade. Artifacts could sell to foreign buyers for as much as 35 thousand dollars apiece. Anan contatabemeeam sometimes i went to memvis twice a week, and beheadings were common. I didn't think oud survive ises. So i wanted to share this information with some one who could use it in the media or in academia. Adna wife would then relay the report ton, who'd

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