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Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2015, 07:37 PM Feb 2015

Those crazy ISIS guys !!.... Islamic State 'destroys ancient Iraq statues in Mosul' [View all]

The Islamic State (IS) group has released a video appearing to show the destruction of statues in Iraq.

Statues are smashed using sledgehammers and drills in what seems to be a museum in the city of Mosul.

Statues are also shown being destroyed at an archaeological site known as the Nergal Gate.

World heritage body Unesco has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss how to protect Iraq's cultural heritage.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31647484

Actually very sickening...WARNING

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Those crazy ISIS guys !!.... Islamic State 'destroys ancient Iraq statues in Mosul' [View all] Rhinodawg Feb 2015 OP

simply disgusting.... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #1

The people they are terrorizing need weapons and need to wipe these guys out randys1 Feb 2015 #2

Sounds like tea party nra talk Township75 Feb 2015 #10

How about poison? GummyBearz Feb 2015 #12

How do you suggest we deal leftynyc Feb 2015 #22

When you can truthfully say "Not even the Nazis, Stalin hifiguy Feb 2015 #3

The Nazis even helped the Americans . . . . Brigid Feb 2015 #7

"Freedom means being free to commit crimes" is what Rumsfeld said last time this happened. arcane1 Feb 2015 #4

Small wonder after what we did to Saddam's statue GuntherGebelWilliams Feb 2015 #5

If they only had jobs.... AngryAmish Feb 2015 #6

All part of the Bush junta's legacy. PeteSelman Feb 2015 #8

Why on earth is everyone so shocked ? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #9

Eeyup. hifiguy Feb 2015 #11

Yet those monuments and statues survived for thousands of years. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #15

Lets not engage in Islamophobia. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #13

When do you head over to fight? RandiFan1290 Feb 2015 #14

Obviously you have tickets to go already. Will you be sending up updates? Katashi_itto Feb 2015 #23

There is some speculation that they are plaster copies. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #16

Link ? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #17

Financial Times: CJCRANE Feb 2015 #18

wow Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #19

If true, it suggests the originals are either in storage somewhere CJCRANE Feb 2015 #20

Yep, these people are crazy and despicable but they aren't stupid Fumesucker Feb 2015 #21