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Italy Thwarts Basilica Attack Plot
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| Tue Aug 20, 2:43 PM ET
| FRANCES D'EMILIO
Posted on 08/20/2002 12:08:08 PM PDT by Destro
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To: Destro
I was in this church back in May...It's pretty nice.
To: cajungirl
Small and beautiful??? Are you sure you're talking about the same town, Bologna? It wasn't very small and I wouldn't call it beautiful by any stretch. It was a pretty neat place and it does have Europe's oldest university.
To: areafiftyone
Why make people guess which ones have guns? Give them all guns...
To: Desdemona
Remember the ancient Budha carvings that the Taliban destroyed in Afghanistan? Doesn't take much to offend these freaks, does it?
To: ellery
Eastern Europe generally still likes the U.S. They also still vividly remember the horror called communism. If I go back to Europe I am going to spend as much time and $$ in Eastern Europe...
To: Tropoljac
Italians were selling arms to Muslim jihadis like the Croatians were? I don't think so!
Congressional Record: THIRD-COUNTRY ARMS DELIVERIES TO BOSNIA AND CROATIA -- HON. LEE H. HAMILTON (Extension of Remarks - June 11, 1996)
In the spring of 1994, the Administration had a difficult decision to make when approached by Croatia on the question of allowing third-country weapons to pass through Croatia to the Bosnian Muslims. If we had objected to potential arms shipments from Iran, the Muslim-Croat Federation might have been destroyed in its infancy and a bad situation for the Bosnians might have worsened. The approach we took--of neither objecting to nor supporting the arms transfers--sought to balance our concern about the spread of Iranian influence against the adverse military situation facing the Federal. In the process, we did our best to serve the cause of peace in Bosnia. The arms deliveries helped sustain the Muslim-Croat Federation and reduced the military imbalance without the certain risks and pitfalls of the alternative courses of action.
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08/20/2002 1:11:51 PM PDT
by
Destro
To: Destro
The Truth hurts, I guess.
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08/20/2002 1:12:36 PM PDT
by
Wm Bach
To: Desdemona
Believe it or not, the Pieta has been behind a glass wall since 1943 when "bandits" tried slashing it up(keep in mind its hewn out of marble,)with hatchets. I never knew why they did it or who they did it for.
To: Desdemona
Attacking artwork? Priceless artwork?Don't forget this ancient Buddha, now just a memory, that offended the Taliban a year or so ago...
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
You beat me to it. Took me a while to find the photos of the Buddha, though!
To: texasbluebell
Yes, I know. Art and historical artifacts happens to be one/two of my interests and I keep up with the news when such things come up. Wars and fires are usually the causes of destruction. Blowing up art is just sick.
To: Desdemona
This is getting ridiculous. Attacking artwork? Priceless artwork? Do we now have to put it ALL behind bulletproof glass? Not just the Pieta.Better get used to it. At the rate Europe is going Moslem, they'll be Talibanizing cathedrals by the middle of the century -- as official acts of government. Against that day, every American city of 50,000 or more should set aside a prominent site right now to house European art and artefacts. If we actually did something like that, maybe it would help wake up our cousins across the pond.
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08/20/2002 1:23:00 PM PDT
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sphinx
To: Desdemona
Blowing up art is just sick.That bears repeating. Of course, the sickos just aren't listening to us, not yet anyway. Maybe someday we'll get some civilization through their thick skulls.
To: rhombus
Here is a detail from the fresco, representing Muhammad.
I'll see if I can't find a pic of the entire work.
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08/20/2002 1:26:25 PM PDT
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Salman
To: sphinx
Against that day, every American city of 50,000 or more should set aside a prominent site right now to house European art and artefacts. If we actually did something like that, maybe it would help wake up our cousins across the pond.Much like the art work that was hidden and saved in Europe during WWII, we may have to do the same thing today, to protect it from the ravages of savages.
To: ArrogantBustard
_ "That which (Osama) bin Laden does is just what's needed."
_ "If they don't take it (the fresco) away, everything will come tumbling down." **Things to remember not to say out loud while putting your new videocamera through its paces...
To: texasbluebell
"Maybe someday we'll get some civilization through their thick skulls."
I doubt it. We can't even get civilization through some of our own people's thick skulls.
I just happen to be an art lover. WWII did enough damage by itself. I DID know about the Pieta, whoever said that. That's why I mentioned it.
I'd hate to have to see armed guards in the Cathedrals and museums, but if that's what it's going to take...
To: Destro
a 15th-century fresco inside that depicts the Muslim prophet Muhammad in hell, being devoured by demonsI want a copy!
To: Salman; rhombus; Teacher317; Desdemona
Just found what seems to be a full copy. The Ninth Circle of Hell.
To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Not if you knew some of the guards you wouldn't ;-)
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