It was being used as a Palestinian refugee camp.Most of them have fled or been liquidated already. As such, it wasn't hard to hold the area (since only 10k people remain).
There are some good mod authors out there that I'd have no problem paying for their content, just like with publisher provided DLC. Allowing a more transparent mod marketplace is a great idea.
Jihadism and Wahabbism, poisonous that it is, has proven tame compared to Arab Statism. Just like western conservativism isn't the source of the socialist insanity that drowned the world in blood last century.
As with all other "Rockefeller Medicine", overprescribing is a huge problem, as it's about maximizing profits for suppliers rather than for practicioners (which focuses on maximizing patient outcomes).
How dare those evil farmers feed us instead of letting us have nice lawns and parks! Don't they know having pretty cities and showers beats being alive??? Of course, no consideration of the effective method of reducing farm water usage: allow market prices to take hold for water rather than the current central planning madness.
And you could see this any week of any year. The authorities are the most prolific dope slingers out there. Allow the market in and the thugs (badged or otherwise) will have to get out of the business.
Pretty much exactly the tone of the modern government press release as news. Reminds me of how a guy walking across the USA dressed as Jesus was arrested for vagrancy in christian county, KY.