Posted on 08/23/2015 6:22:14 PM PDT by markomalley
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on Sunday blew up the ancient temple of Baal Shamin in the UNESCO-listed Syrian city of Palmyra, the country’s antiquities chief told AFP.
“Daesh placed a large quantity of explosives in the temple of Baal Shamin today and then blew it up causing much damage to the temple,” said Maamoun Abdulkarim, using another name for ISIS.
Over the past several months, ISIS have blown up and defaced historical sites and artifacts across their sprawling self-proclaimed "caliphate" stretching across Iraq and Syria.
ISIS took control of Palmyra in May, located in the central desert region of the country, sparking worldwide concern that they would destroy its 2,000 year-old ruins.
Last week, the militants caused uproar when they beheaded Khaled Asaad, an 82-year-old antiquities scholar living in Palmyra, reportedly because he refused to reveal where some artifacts were hidden.
In June, ISIS destroyed two ancient Muslim mausoleums in Palmyra.
Then in July, the militants used Palmyra's ancient amphitheatre as a stage to kill 25 Syrian solidiers, and released a video of the mass execution.
They blew up a temple for Baal?
That’s so bad it’s good.
isis wrecks____________.
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What would Johnny McCainiac do? What would Hillaryous do? Photo ops? Selfies? /s
Baal Shamin..................don’t squeeze the shamin.......
Oh my. This is terrible.
Heartbreaking as this wanton destruction is, it pales beside the massive loss of innocent lives by this Islamic jihad.
These are Obama’s pals. Can’t get rid of him soon enough.
ISIS blows up ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra
"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."
-Frederick Douglass
“Reset” It depends on what the definition of ISIS. Clean the server. What difference, at this point, does it make?
And Obama smiles...
Just adding to the keyword, no ping.
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