Cheat Sheet - The Teen Who Escaped ISIS

Read This, Skip That .... August 04, 2014 TORTURED YOUTH 1. The Teen Who Escaped ISIS ISIS preys on young teens with the hopes of brainwashing them into their ranks, but it didn't work with a boy who endured torture and interrogation at the hands of the militants. Yusuf Sayman speaks with 14-year-old Lawand who was kidnapped with 150 other students in northern Syria. When Lawand refused to cooperate and turn on his family, he and his fellow teens were put inside tires and beaten, tied to crosses and scalded with hot water. Read it at The Daily Beast COVERT AFFAIRS 2. U.S. Sent Youths to Cuba to Stir Revolt An Obama administration program sent a dozen Latin American youths to Cuba with the secret purpose of sparking political change. Starting in October 2009, the U.S. Agency for International Development sent young Latin Americans from Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Peru to Cuba under the guise of health care programming. They entered the country with the "perfect excuse" of providing HIV prevention training, but sought political actors to lead a potential revolution. The U.S. reportedly paid them as little as $5.14 an hour, and they were offered as little as 30 minutes of training on how to avoid Cuban intelligence officials. The youths sent encrypted emails that could have set off alarms and put them in obvious danger. Creative Associates, the contractor employed for the job, continued the program, even after the U.S. suggested it would be unsafe to do so. Creative Associates refused to comment. Read it at The Associated Press UNENDING 3. Palestinians: Israel Broke Ceasefire Israel unilaterally declared a seven-hour "humanitarian" ceasefire on Monday, which Palestinians claim Israel broke with a strike on the Al-Shata Refugee Camp that reportedly injured 30 people. Israel also reportedly killed a militant leader, Daniel Mansour of the Islamic Jihad, hours before the ceasefire was set to take place. Israel stated that the self-imposed ceasefire did not include regions where troops were already stationed. The announcement of the "humanitarian window" came after Israel was already showing signs of scaling back troops in many parts of Gaza. Read it at ABC News PANDEMIC PANIC 4. Ebola Reignites Humanity's Oldest Fear The current Ebola outbreak raging through West Africa has caused the latest incarnation of our fear of the plague. From the Biblical plagues against the Egyptians to the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, Scott Bixby writes that paranoia has led society to isolate victims facing gruesome deaths. Read it at The Daily Beast BROTHERS IN ARMS 5. Heroic Navy Diver Sacrificed His Life Though their superiors made poor choices that ultimately proved fatal, Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Harris made the heroic decision to stay with his trapped fellow diver rather than let him die alone under water. Harris and Petty Officer 1st Class James Reyher both died on February 26, 2013 during a training dive at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The Navy's investigation into their deaths revealed that the fatal accidents were a result of weak leadership on the part of their superiors combined with a series of bad decisions, including doing a dive where there was poor visibility and conducting a training exercise when there was "insufficient air capacity." Reyher became tangled in the shoddy equipment underground, but Harris refused to cut the line connecting them and swim to the top. Instead, "Harris exhausted himself in an attempt to save Reyher," the investigator stated. "Both divers resisted the natural instincts of self-preservation, in order to expel his last breaths in an effort to save each other.   Read it at The Virginia Pilot COLD WAR 2.0 U.S. Altered Flight to Avoid Russians Fled to Sweden. CHARGED WITNESS Man Who Filmed NYPD Chokehold Arrested On weapons charges. TIDE OF WAR ISIS Could Flood City of Mosul Seized the dam. NATURE'S HAVOC Chinese Earthquake Kills as Least 367 More than 1,800 injured. LIFE IMITATES ART 'The Wire' Actor Anwan Glover Stabbed In a nightclub early Sunday. ROLLING STONE Beyonce Joins Forces With Nicki Minaj for Surprise 'Flawless' Remix CNBC Former Trader on Life After Wall Street GQ The Legacy of James Brown GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. My Road to 'Orange Is the New Black' by Uzoamaka Aduba Nathan's Business Theater for You by Rich Goldstein Secrets of the BASE Jumpers by William O'Connor

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