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.
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