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Letter to Secretary John Kerry to Disrupt Supply Chain of Syrian Atrocities

In a letter, Elisa Massimino urges Secretary Kerry to disrupt the deadly supply chains that fuel mass atrocities in Syria.

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Published on February 24, 2013

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