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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsISIL has demolished the ancient city of Hatra, a UNESCO site

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31779484
Ancient sites like this belong to all humanity; this is awful.
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ISIL has demolished the ancient city of Hatra, a UNESCO site (Original Post)
LeftinOH
Mar 2015
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. Unbearable.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)2. ISIL gets away with whatever it wants.
That is unbearable.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)3. Fucking monsters.
colsohlibgal
(5,276 posts)4. They Must Be Made to Pay For All This
It's one of those times I wished there really was a Superman, so he could go around at super speed and vaporize them all.
NM_Birder
(1,591 posts)5. #stopdestroyinghistoricalsites
there, a tweet,.....that ought to take care of the problem.
What's next ?