[TroutStalker]

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St. Elijah’s Monastery near Mosul, Iraq, in 2009. Satellite photos confirm the site was destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2014

[Sacajaweau]

We can thank Obama and his muzzie friends for this destruction.

[skeeter]

The primitive savages think they can erase God.

[txrangerette]

What difference does it make now?

It is destroyed, can’t bring it back.

And the ones who destroyed it are merely thugs and killers, completely disconnected from Islam.

Therefore...

Let’s go out and play golf.

I mean, if the genocide against human beings happening there won’t wake you up, this is ho hum stuff.

[MarMema]

Showing their evil nature and the nature of the one they worship.

[Chgogal]

Muslims are pathetic little pricks. I am saying ALL Muslims because I do not hear any outcry from any moderates. Nor are they doing anything to protect non-muslims sites. DISGUSTING! I have no respect for Islam.

[thackney]

G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/world/middleeast/19monastery.html
DEC. 18, 2009

Now, in one small act of preservation, and perhaps penance, the Americans hope to restore St. Elijah’s. Army engineers have drawn up plans to shore up the roof and walls of its main sanctuary - believed to have been built in the 11th century - before the last American troops leave the monastery to an uncertain fate.

Photos:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/12/19/world/1219-MONASTERY_index.html?_r=0

[Jack Hammer]

Lucky there weren’t any monks there - the ISIS primitives would have beheaded them all.

Then gone back to killing old ladies and humping little boys.

[DoughtyOne]

Please participate in the Free Republic Caucus 01/20/16

If you already have, thank you.

LINK

[tankrlm]

Is Mecca now on the table?......

[MuttTheHoople]

Christians don’t rely on earthly monuments....we have the living God who will take us to a place that’s imperishable.

[olezip]

Yonadam Kanna, a Christian member of Parliament, said the destruction was further evidence of the Islamic State's goal of destroying Iraq's Christian identity, calling the site "one of the most historical" in the country.

What is the difference between this kind of destruction by terrorists, and the destruction of Confederate statues and flags in the USA?

Are they trying to rewrite history?

[Trumpinator]

The powers that be in the west don’t care because the victims of Islam here are eastern Christians (Orthodox and eastern rite Catholics) is the only conclusion I can come to. Be it Serbs against the Muslims or Greeks against the Muslims or whatever group against the Muslims - the west seems to side with the Muslims.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Maybe if they start destroying historical sites the libs will demand action. Apparently hanging Christians from trees doesn’t outrage them as much.