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In Afghanistan, 900-Foot Sleeping Buddha Eludes Archaeologists
CS Monitor ^
| 8-7-2007
| Mark Sappenfield
Posted on 08/07/2007 3:24:52 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
08/07/2007 3:24:54 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.
Excellent video here.
2
posted on
08/07/2007 3:27:28 PM PDT
by
blam
(Secure the border and enforce the law)
To: blam
(cue soundtrack of “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” in the background)
3
posted on
08/07/2007 3:27:49 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
To: blam
4
posted on
08/07/2007 3:32:00 PM PDT
by
Citizen Tom Paine
(Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
To: blam
I could not believe it when I saw those bastard blow up the 1500 year old statues.
Now I can see why many ancient civilizations disappeared. Every so often a single act of monumental stupidity can wipe away what has existed for centuries.
5
posted on
08/07/2007 3:34:00 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: Mr. K
usually it is simply drought.
6
posted on
08/07/2007 3:37:10 PM PDT
by
TexanToTheCore
(If it ain't Rugby or Bullriding, it's for girls.........................................)
To: blam
Did they check eBay?........
7
posted on
08/07/2007 3:49:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
To: Mr. K
8
posted on
08/07/2007 3:53:58 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(http://www.rinorepublic.com)
To: blam
Let sleeping Buddhas lie.
9
posted on
08/07/2007 4:21:51 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: blam
How does one lose a 900’ Buddha?
10
posted on
08/07/2007 4:33:21 PM PDT
by
Adder
(hialb)
To: Adder
Bury it under a 2000’ mountain of dirt to keep the invading Muslims from getting to it - then wait a couple of centuries?
11
posted on
08/07/2007 4:44:33 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: blam
They should have looked in Bangkock
12
posted on
08/07/2007 4:55:05 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Happiness is a down sleeping bag)
To: bert
13
posted on
08/07/2007 4:56:35 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Happiness is a down sleeping bag)
To: Mr. K
I could not believe it when I saw those bastard blow up the 1500 year old statues. I remember seeing it via video phone on CNN.
It seems like, if my memory serves me right, that the Taliban had been saying they would destroy the statues but waited long enough for the media to slip into the country so that CNN could get the exclusive.
I didn't understand why, if Allah decreed it, then why did they (Taliban) announce it and then wait before they did it. It's not like they were waiting for approval from the international community or the UN
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:11:46 PM PDT
by
submarinerswife
("If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
To: bert
What is that, Bert?
(post 13)
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:12:53 PM PDT
by
submarinerswife
("If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
To: blam
It wouldn’t surprise me if the muslims found and blew up the sleeping buddha as well.
16
posted on
08/07/2007 5:47:41 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: bert
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:49:05 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 49th; ...
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:43:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Tuesday, August 7, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: SunkenCiv; blam
Are there plans to rebuild the Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 ?
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:58:09 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: blam
ooooh,
thanks for the video.
most excellent!
beautiful country.
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posted on
08/07/2007 7:27:18 PM PDT
by
ken21
(28 yrs + 2 families = banana republic junta. si.)
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