Posted on 05/20/2015 10:49:30 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Islamic State insurgents stormed the historic Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, fighting off pro-government forces who withdrew after evacuating most of the civilian population, state television said.
The capture of Palmyra is the first time the al Qaeda offshoot has taken control of a city directly from the Syrian army and allied forces, which have already lost ground in the northwest and south to other insurgent groups in recent weeks.
The central city, also known as Tadmur, is built alongside the remains of a oasis civilization whose colonnaded streets, temple and theater have stood for 2,000 years.
Islamic State has destroyed antiquities and ancient monuments in neighboring Iraq and is being targeted by U.S.-led air strikes in both countries.
Syria's antiquities chief called on the world to save its ancient monuments and state television said Islamic State fighters were trying to enter the city's historical sites.
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this is starting to sound like ww3
Here it comes.
They’ll level the antiques and move on with a renewed zeal to eliminate all signs of a non Muslim past. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
Not yet. Hang on a bit.
For such a remote city, Palmyra occupies a prominent place in Middle Eastern history. From modest beginnings in the 1st Century BC, the city gradually rose to prominence under the aegis of Rome until, during the 3rd Century AD, the city's rulers challenged Roman power and created an empire of their own that stretched from Turkey to Egypt.
Palmyra was a great Middle Eastern achievement, and was unlike any other city of the Roman Empire. Like Venice, the city formed the hub of a vast trade network, only with the desert as its sea and camels as its ships.
Its starting to look like muslim countries really want the IS to be in control since they’re response to them is tepid.
Notice how “Shia forces” have been amassing outside Ramadia now for.... 48 hours. This is becoming like the attack on Mosul, it’s just not happening.
And the libtards are blaming Bush. Another example of their commitment to Marxism if not unmitigated stupidity.
“Beibares Tellawi, an activist in Homs province, said the militants had reached the notorious Tadmur prison, where thousands of Syrian dissidents have been imprisoned and tortured over the years.”
“The fate of the prisoners, believed to number around 1,000, was not immediately known, although some ISIS supporters suggested on Twitter today that they had been liberated.”
That’s another 1000 to their ranks!
Can’t be. ISIS is the JV team.
Jug Ears says global warming is the greatest threat to national security....
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