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| Iraq |
| Iraqi minister: concerns over IS looting third ancient site |
| 2015-03-09 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Iraq's government is investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is the latest to be attacked by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... turban group. Adel Shirshab, the country's tourism and antiquities minister, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named there are concerns the bully boyz will remove artifacts and damage the site, located 15 kilometers (9 miles) northeast of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... . Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, told the AP that the bully boyz had already begun demolishing the Khorsabad site on Sunday, citing multiple witnesses. On Friday, the group razed 3,000-year old Nimrod and on Saturday, they bulldozed 2,000-year old Hatra -- both UNESCO world heritage sites. The move was described by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon as a "war crime." Khorsabad was constructed as a new capital of Assyria by King Sargon II shortly after he came to power in 721 B.C. and abandoned after his death in 705 B.C. It features a 24-meter thick wall with a stone foundation and seven gates. Since it was a single-era capital, few objects linked to Sargon II himself were found. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... the site is renowned for shedding light on Assyrian art and architecture. The sculptured stone slabs that once lined the palace walls are now displayed in museums in Baghdad, Gay Paree, London and reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... . |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Guess they shoulda done a little more to protect and defend it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-03-09 22:57 |