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Why Dr Hawass Resigned [ Egyptian Minister For Antiquities !!! ]
Dr. Hawass' weblog ^
| Sunday, July 17, 2011
Posted on 07/17/2011 7:03:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:04:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: Palter; FlyingEagle
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:04:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
How awful. Hawass is a good man who loves his country and its history.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:08:50 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
To: SunkenCiv
Fanatical Muslims hate non-Islamic religions. In Afghanistan, many people first heard of the Taliban when they dynamited the giant Buddha statues early in 2001.
Ever wonder how the Sphinx lost its nose? Muslims.
Now other Egyptian antiquities are being damaged by the Muslim revolutionaries.
But don't worry -- Obama assured me that these people are secular types who just want democracy.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:11:54 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: SunkenCiv
The Islamists will destroy 4000 years of history in a generation.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:14:05 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: SunkenCiv
Hawass was as crooked as the rest of them. If you (a university) wanted to conduct a dig, you had better spend half your budget on taking him out for a good time, or you are screwed. He was a backward man in a backward culture in a backward country. When I think of all the things that were returned to egypt, uh! They’ll all be destroyed by the muzzies now.
To: arderkrag
Typical conduct when the animals take over. Humane values stomped out by the islamic filth.
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:17:51 PM PDT
by
ken21
(liberal + rino progressive media hate palin, bachman, cain...)
To: SunkenCiv
Good riddance. The man was a troll. I had the unfortunate opportunity to meet him twice.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:18:09 PM PDT
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
To: SunkenCiv
These are the dreams of our leader for the US. Destroy our heritage and history and form a new socialistic era.
To: reaganaut
And so ends the Egyptian tourism industry.
86% come from Europe, totalling $4.1 - 11 billion annually receipts from tourism. Now kiss it goodbye; from a country that had less than 1% GDP growth last year.
In a country of 81+ million. Powder keg.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:32:00 PM PDT
by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: Salvavida
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:38:21 PM PDT
by
Palter
(Celebrate diversity .22, .223, .25, 9mm, .32 .357, 10mm, .44, .45, .500)
To: SunkenCiv
Seems like just yesterday Hawass was screaming at the western world to return Egyptian antiques to Egypt. Thank goodness not all listened and in the future to see the real deal may only be outside of Egypt.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:40:14 PM PDT
by
ladyvet
( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
To: Born to Conserve
Although I do not have the knowledge you indicated my impression was that he was a bureaucrat appointed because of connections and not ability. It was as if he had to appear in every documentary and he would behave as if he were the discoverer or resident expert. My personal opinion is that you would not acquire access to anything without his permission, based on whatever and his personal aggrandizement. I guess he may be a “bloviator”.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:40:38 PM PDT
by
Tuketu
(Socialize the Legal System. Then we are all equal before the law.)
To: RainMan
Remember your wonderful Egyptian vacation. Read this and weep.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:42:29 PM PDT
by
holyscroller
( Without God, America is one nation under)
To: ClearCase_guy
"Ever wonder how the Sphinx lost its nose? Muslims." I always heard the Nazis shot the nose off that critter. Well, Nazis, Islamonutballs, same thing.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:45:11 PM PDT
by
West Texas Chuck
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
To: Palter
When will Egypt go broke? On their current course, 2 years best case scenario. UAE recently tried to prop them up with $3 billion, and it did have short term positive effects. But they are losing 1 billion per month of their currency reserves (24 billion): and that was before this report on their antiquities being raided.
With less than 5% arable land.....they won't make it. The tourism industry was always keeping them afloat. Their economy isn't designed to withstand this. They basically have nothing to offer but sand.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:48:40 PM PDT
by
Salvavida
(The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
To: SunkenCiv
Don’t really care about Dr Hawass, but it’s sad to read about the looting. I hope someone steps in to protect these sites.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:50:37 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: West Texas Chuck
There is also a common belief that Napoleon’s soldiers did the deed — but sketches from the 1730’s show the nose missing by then, so we can’t blame the French. The consensus seems to be a particular iconoclastic Muslim who was furious that the locals were treating the sphinx as an idol, so he disfigured it.
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posted on
07/17/2011 7:51:34 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: ladyvet
My best guess is that Hawass now has enough stuff stashed to sell on the black market to live very comfortably for a very long time. Anyone who thinks these dudes are angels is just plain dumb.
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