Posted on 03/20/2015 7:08:53 AM PDT by C19fan
Barbaric Islamic State militants have dealt yet another blow to Christian history in Iraq by using explosives to destroy the 4th Century Mar Benham monastery. The ancient building, built by Assyrian king Senchareb 1,600 years ago, stood in the Christian-dominated town of Bakhdida, just 20 miles south east of oil rich ISIS stronghold Mosul. Locals took to social media to share images of the massive blast, which reduced the ancient monastery to little more than vast piles of rubble. The attack was later confirmed by Kurdish journalists familiar with developments in the city.
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No.
This is going to continue until every last one of those ISIS bastards is kicked into an unmarked grave and forgotten.
Their faith is so weak that they can’t allow any other religions to exist.
The Grand Mufti in SA just ordered the destruction of all the churches Saudi Arabia too.
The Assyrian Empire disappeared before 600 B.C. Sennacherib ruled from 705 to 681 B.C. Someone is using fuzzy math. 705 B.C. to A.D. 2015 is more than 1600 years.
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