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Preserved for millennia, Egypt's artifacts fall prey to Egypt's protests
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | Aug 31, 2013 | Kristen Chick

Posted on 08/31/2013 10:58:40 AM PDT by Innovative

More than 1,000 Egyptian artifacts have been stolen from the Mallawi museum, which was ransacked the same day police violently dispersed Islamist sit-ins in Cairo.

The museum was looted and ransacked on Aug. 14, when mobs across the country attacked churches, Christian homes and shops, police stations, and government institutions after police forcefully dispersed two Islamist protest camps. The devastated museum serves as a reminder of the toll that Egypt's two and a half years of upheaval – including the most recent episode – have taken not only on Egypt's people, but also on their history.

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ancientegypt; antiquities; egypt; ggg; globaljihad; godsgravesglyphs; muslimbrotherhood; muslimworld
Muslim brotherhood is destroying Egypt's heritage -- they are the party of destruction. Can't believe the US is supporting them...
1 posted on 08/31/2013 10:58:40 AM PDT by Innovative
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping — you might be interested.


2 posted on 08/31/2013 10:59:33 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

Does not surprise me at all.


3 posted on 08/31/2013 11:09:02 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt’s Generals:
‘How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?’
Foreign Policy | 15 Aug 2013 | John Hudson
Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055253/posts

Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt’s military — even as Cairo’s security forces massacre anti-government activists.

[by “anti-government activists” is meant church-burning jihadists]


4 posted on 08/31/2013 12:09:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Innovative; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...

Thanks Innovative.

5 posted on 08/31/2013 12:09:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Innovative

Can’t believe the US is supporting them...

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The US is not supporting the MB; the US-hating Soros Administration is supporting those pigs.


6 posted on 09/02/2013 2:39:07 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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