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Winter was edging closer, and many in Zaatari were not sure how they would make it through. As the cruelty of camp life persisted and the United States hesitated, frustration mounted. "I give Obama and Kerry two options," Abdel from Deir Ba'alba remarked to me. "Either bomb the regime or you can bomb Zaatari and get it over with for us. Just get it over with for us. We are dying slowly here."
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