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2012-07-03 Africa North

Mali: Islamists destroy entrance to ancient Timbuktu mosque

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Ansar Dine

#1 Nice to see the Islamics hit their own.
Do it again, and leave us alone, More death for ya.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-07-03 07:35|| 2012-07-03 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 It's Islamic fundamentalists attacking locals who wear their cultural inheritance more lightly.

Posted by lotp 2012-07-03 10:36|| 2012-07-03 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 These idiots pi$$ me off no end. It takes no brains to destroy something. Perfect for them, I guess.

Posted by gorb 2012-07-03 11:58|| 2012-07-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm still waiting for a news item like this: "They came with pick-axes, they cried 'Allah' and broke the door. Then they disintegrated in a hail of bullets from disgruntled Muslims who expressed strong disagreement with the beliefs and methods of the ax-wielders."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-07-03 13:02|| 2012-07-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 The most base of the savages rule. That seems to be the muzzie way. The rest seem powerless or unwilling to stop them. A cult of death and destruction. Somehow I think islam and scientology are linked. L. Ron Hubbard as big Mo?

Posted by remoteman 2012-07-03 13:39|| 2012-07-03 13:39|| Front Page Top

#6 "Xenu Akbar!"

Posted by Frank G 2012-07-03 14:05|| 2012-07-03 14:05|| Front Page Top

#7 A former tour guide in the once-popular tourist destination said: "They came with pick-axes, they cried 'Allah' and broke the door. It is very serious. Some of the people watching began crying."

Seems that Timbuktu is racing Cairo to the bottom of the "former tourist destination" barrel, eh? Nah, no linky there between those 2 (former) great cities, eh?

Posted by BA 2012-07-03 14:24|| 2012-07-03 14:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Saudi funding these salifi groups?

Posted by Fester Clunter7205 2012-07-03 14:35|| 2012-07-03 14:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Start the countdown to the destruction of Karnak.

Posted by AlanC 2012-07-03 14:49|| 2012-07-03 14:49|| Front Page Top

#10 The veneer of civilization is very thin. The Ansar Dine needed to be hunted down like mad dogs. BUT, it is Mali's problem, not our problem. If Mali thinks that their 500+ year old cultural treasures are worth saving, then they better get with the program.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2012-07-03 16:23|| 2012-07-03 16:23|| Front Page Top

#11 BUT, it is Mali's problem, not our problem

Do you think we don,t have Special Forces over there advising and training and such, Alaska Paul? Not to mention wandering off to explore odd little nooks and crannies during their off hours?

Posted by trailing wife 2012-07-03 18:45|| 2012-07-03 18:45|| Front Page Top

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