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Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra
Topic Started: Oct 4 2015, 09:35 PM (106 Views)
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Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra

DAMASCUS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months.

Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters that sources in Palmyra had confirmed that the Arch of Triumph, a jewel in the exquisite collection of ruins in the oasis city, had been blown up.

Islamic State militants have blown up temples at the Roman-era UNESCO World Heritage site, which it has controlled since capturing Palmyra from Syrian government forces in May and mined other monuments and historic buildings. The group considers the buildings sacrilegious.

"It's as though there is a curse that has befallen this city and I expect only news that will shock us. If the city remains in their hands the city is doomed," Abdulkarim told Reuters.

"It is now wanton destruction ... their acts of vengeance are no longer ideologically driven because they are now blowing up buildings with no religious meaning," he added.

In August, the Sunni Muslim militants blew up the temple of Baal Shamin, then the Temple of Bel, one of the best preserved Roman-era sites.

Earlier this month it was also confirmed the militants had destroyed some of the best preserved of Palmyra's funeral towers, sandstone constructions built to hold the remains of the ancient city's richest families.

Palmyra was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world, according to cultural agency UNESCO, which has described it as the crossroads of several civilisations.

Islamic State has declared a caliphate in territory it holds across Syria and Iraq and has destroyed other monuments it says are pagan and sacrilegious.

UNESCO has called such acts war crimes and says Islamic State seeks to wipe out evidence of Syria's diverse heritage.

Before the capture of the city, Syrian officials said they had moved hundreds of ancient statues to safe locations. (Reporting by Kinda Makieh; Writing by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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Why hasn't the WORLD banded together to crush this group. How long will this go on without a concerted effort to rid the earth of this trash.
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Some of the tin hats are postulating that the U.S. CIA created these militants to further the military industrial war machine. Interesting speculation.
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Oct 4 2015, 10:16 PM
Some of the tin hats are postulating that the U.S. CIA created these militants to further the military industrial war machine. Interesting speculation.
That is more or less correct.....just follow the money trail
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Oct 4 2015, 09:52 PM
Why hasn't the WORLD banded together to crush this group. How long will this go on without a concerted effort to rid the earth of this trash.
It's sad to see so many make excuses foe this kind of nonsense and make the accusations that you are some kind of racist for speaking up about situations such as this.
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No 'war' lasts 14 years...
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They seem to destroy something once a week.

It's like the current fad for them.
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Apple pie MizMaxMizanin.
Oct 5 2015, 11:47 AM
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Oct 4 2015, 09:52 PM
Why hasn't the WORLD banded together to crush this group. How long will this go on without a concerted effort to rid the earth of this trash.
It's sad to see so many make excuses foe this kind of nonsense and make the accusations that you are some kind of racist for speaking up about situations such as this.
If the taxslavers of the USA and UK would cease immediately ALL Federal tax payments then 90% of the insnanity would stop because the criminals(CIA/NSA/MI6, etc) would be cut off from their money source.
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Why don't we join-up with Russia and blow Syria into the Stone Age?
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Oct 10 2015, 10:08 AM
Why don't we join-up with Russia and blow Syria into the Stone Age?
Fine, you pay for it but don't force us to pay for it.
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