From
March 7, 2015 AP:
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials in the northern city of Mosul said
Saturday that militants with the Islamic State group have begun
demolishing the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in northern Iraq in
a push to rid its territory of symbols it says promote idolatry.
An official with the ministry of tourism and antiquities' archaeological
division in Mosul told The Associated Press that multiple residents
living near Hatra heard two large explosions this morning, then reported
seeing bulldozers begin demolishing the site. He spoke anonymously for
fear of reprisal.
...
The Sunni extremist group has been campaigning to purge ancient relics
they say promote idolatry that violates their fundamentalist
interpretation of Islamic law. A video they released last week shows
them smashing artifacts in the Mosul museum and in January, the group
burned hundreds of books from the Mosul library and Mosul University,
including many rare manuscripts.
On Friday, the group looted artifacts from Nimrud, a 3,000-year-old city
in Iraq, and bulldozed it in a move United Nations Secretary General
Ban Ki-Moon declared "a war crime."
Of course, they will blame Bush. Now if we can get them to destroy a memorial to Harvey Milk or Margaret Sager, they will put on their "concerned" look.
Middle-Easterners gave the world civilization but forgot to keep a copy for themselves.
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