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2007-11-03 Iraq

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-11-03 02:12|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Excellent, excellent, excellent Seafarious. One must wonder (or be fearful) what we can ultimately achieve with these people. Enjoyed the photo of the ruins at Ctesiphon, a site I visited years ago.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-11-03 05:09|| 2007-11-03 05:09|| Front Page Top

#2 #4 might meet with the approval of some (on both sides):
"In 1258, Hulagu besieged Baghdad, then sacked most of it, slaughtering as many as 800,000 of the inhabitants. He killed the scholars, erecting a pyramid of their skulls, and executed the caliph, al-Musta'sim, the 37th and final Abbisid ruler of a line that had lasted 500 years. Iraq was reduced to tribal culture, never to regain world prominence."

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-11-03 07:15|| 2007-11-03 07:15|| Front Page Top

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