put Palmyra into Google images. The place is full of antiquities.
A couple of PUFFs could lay down a nice line in the sand .. Not to cross.
Oh I love this ... Irina Bokova and the UN are worried about the historic city. Never mind all the people who will be chopped to bits.
PS. It is indeed tragic that historical places are being smashed but what is the UN doing about it?
Really ... Oh I know! I know! let’s send in the Americans to do everything and save everyone ... that’s what the UN always says ... later they’ll say we were being imperialistic.
The whole ISIL is really strange. They come out of no where, beat the crap out of existing armies with the aid of a bit of treachery,and appear to have superior material and tactics than any group in the region. With the possible exception of the peshmerga in northern Iraq. A line from a movie comes to mind, who are those guys? I suspect they are former Republican Guards Groups with former Iraqi General Officer leadership. The next questions is who is paying them? The Saudis? What is going on over there?
So much for that newly discovered 1,500-year-old Christian church in Palmyra...
“Christianity came to Palmyra in the year 312, at a time when Christians had begun to build churches,” he said. “And this one is huge — the biggest ever found in Syria....