3 ms·
Sure thing: Hezbollah in Lebanon [0], Hamas in Palestine [1], the Taliban in Afghanistan [2], the Islamic State and related factions in various fluid-bordered M
by avn2109 12y ago
Sure thing: Hezbollah in Lebanon [0], Hamas in Palestine [1], the Taliban in Afghanistan [2], the Islamic State and related factions in various fluid-bordered Middle Eastern regions [3], several Mexican drug cartels (with the notable exception of the Zetas), the list goes on and on.
Basically any armed organization aiming for mainstream social control will have a schools-and-hospitals wing. Social services are propaganda expenses to these organizations, just as they are to e.g. the American government. This is because the DNA/business model of all such organizations is identical and as old as human civilization.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_social_services http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_social_services
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Social_welfare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Social_welfare
[2] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1581119,00.html http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1581119,00...
[3] http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/islamic-state-bread-subsidies-syria-iraq-terrorism.html# http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/islamic-st...
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Mexican_Drug_War#Propaganda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Mexican_Drug_...