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ISIS Destroys Historic Christian And Muslim Shrines In Northern Iraq [Obama's JV-Team At Work!]
The Guardian (UK) ^ | March 20, 2015 | Kareem Shaheen

Posted on 03/20/2015 4:56:32 PM PDT by Steelfish

ISIS Destroys Historic Christian And Muslim Shrines In Northern Iraq Structures destroyed include fourth-century Assyrian memorial Patriarch of Syriac Catholic church tells west: ‘Condemnation is not enough’

A picture released by Isis of a Christian shrine in Hamdaniya being destroyed. Kareem Shaheen 20 March 2015 Islamic State militants appear to have destroyed Christian and Shia Muslim shrines in northern Iraq – including a fourth-century memorial built by an Assyrian king – in the group’s latest rampage against the embattled country’s religious and cultural heritage.

On Thursday, Isis’s “Nineveh province media office” released photographs showing the apparent destruction of the holy sites in Hamdaniya, northern Iraq.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria
KEYWORDS: assyria; assyrians; godsgravesglyphs; isis

1 posted on 03/20/2015 4:56:32 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

7ty century barbarians only know how to destroy.


2 posted on 03/20/2015 4:59:35 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
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To: Steelfish

It’s become pointless for the West to even talk about this anymore because absolutely nothing whatsoever will be done to stop it.


3 posted on 03/20/2015 5:57:17 PM PDT by ScottinVA (GOP = Geldings Obama Possesses)
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To: Steelfish

All because Obama undermined SOFA for ideological reasons.


4 posted on 03/20/2015 6:02:24 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Steelfish

“Legitimate grievances” -Obama


5 posted on 03/20/2015 6:06:03 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Steelfish

Gotta remember, ISIS, strictly, follows the original bedouin, desert-dwelling, sand-groping, lizard-eating “culture” - Islam was conceived from those. The rest of the crap about sunnis not approving photos, monuments, shrines, etc.. as idolatry stem from the aforementioned.


6 posted on 03/20/2015 6:43:05 PM PDT by odds
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To: gleeaikin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

7 posted on 03/21/2015 3:57:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: Steelfish
These savages make Attila the Hun look almost chivalrous.


8 posted on 03/21/2015 4:02:23 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - <center> <table backSt. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
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