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IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« on: March 06, 2015, 01:22:10 PM »
I have no words to express my feelings on this.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31760656



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Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq.

On Thursday IS - which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria - began demolishing the site, which was founded in the 13th Century BC, Iraqi officials said.

The head of UN's cultural agency condemned the "systematic" destruction in Iraq as a "war crime".

IS says ancient shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed.

"They are erasing our history," said Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani.
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Re: IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2015, 02:21:45 PM »
And they've moved on to Hatra now :(
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Re: IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2015, 08:16:30 PM »
Ugh, these people are just disgraceful :( . This makes me so sad.

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Re: IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2015, 11:49:12 PM »
It's really horrible - I know it feels bad to worry about this when so many people die regularly from their rule, but in many ways I feel like it's the same process. The aim of IS is the extermination of other cultures, and destroying the past helps them with that.
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Re: IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 10:34:54 AM »
Palmyra looks like being next on the list  :(
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Re: IS destroys ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2015, 06:35:15 PM »
I hate hearing news about this on TV. :(

Just a bunch of narrow minded people destroying an ancient culture which stood proudly for thousand of years out of utter ignorance and intolerance.
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