So very, very sad

handyjack · 6 Mar 2015

A video released Thursday appears to show Islamic State militants methodically destroying centuries-old artifacts in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which would be the group’s most brazen attack to date on antiquities regarded by the extremists as idolatrous..

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-artifacts-islamic-state-20150226-story.html

sooey · 6 Mar 2015

That's not half as sad as what they're doing to people.

Brigadier · 6 Mar 2015

handyjack";p="3336019 said:
A video released Thursday appears to show Islamic State militants methodically destroying centuries-old artifacts in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which would be the group’s most brazen attack to date on antiquities regarded by the extremists as idolatrous ../quote]

And yet "Mohammed" is perhaps their most popular boy's name

JBR · 6 Mar 2015

Leave them to it.

Eventually, all that will be left in their country will be desert and dead bodies.

The answer: keep out and keep them in.

AronSearle · 6 Mar 2015

Can't say I care.

Nothing of value there except oil, and that won't last forever.

sooey · 7 Mar 2015

Saudis have been doing the same with some of their own historic sites in Mecca. Feckin loons the lot of them.

Dextraneous · 7 Mar 2015

I heard an Iraqi archeologist on the radio yesterday; he sounded distraught and close to tears.

One thing he said was that unlike animals, humans know their history as it's there for us all to see and study. Says it all really

gigz · 7 Mar 2015

Trouble is, when they've destroyed their own countries, they want to come over here and destroy ours. As already said, we keep out but lock them in.

ladylola · 8 Mar 2015

Seems they aren't destroying everything ,some of it is being sold on the black market to fund IS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31760656

So very, very sad

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