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| Top Ten battles for control of Iraq | |
| 2007-11-03 | |
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| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #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 2007-11-03 07:15 |
| #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 |