Posted on 07/03/2015 6:04:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
ISIS has reportedly placed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around the ancient ruins of Palmyra, in Syria, after recently capturing the adjacent city of Tadmore. The jihadi group has released images of the destruction of two shrines near the site...
Michael Danti, co-director of the Syrian Heritage Initiative at the American Schools of Oriental Research, which is monitoring cultural damage in Syria and Iraq, reports that the pattern of IED placement appears to be optimized for "filmed destruction."
Multiple independent sources confirmed to Danti that following the IED placement, ISIS members traveled around Tadmor using megaphones to announce their action to the terrorized populace. Over 15,000 residents have recently fled the escalating violence.
While the jihadis' ultimate motivation behind planting explosives in Palmyra remains unclear, the destruction of the shrines is part of the greatest systematic eradication of Islamic sites in modern history. In addition, the destruction of monuments from all periods and cultures in the ongoing conflict in Syria and Iraq is "the worst cultural heritage crisis since World War II," says Danti.
Jihadists have destroyed hundreds of rival Muslim sites, from Sufi shrines in Libya to revered tombs in Syria and Iraq.
While international attention has been primarily focused on attacks on ancient sites such as Nineveh and Hatra, the vast majority of the sites that are being destroyed in Syria and Iraq are from the Islamic era, according to Danti, who estimates there have been more than 100 "major heritage incidents" this year in Syria alone.
Other players in the ongoing Syrian conflict have been responsible for the deliberate or inadvertent destruction of Islamic sites and other cultural crimes, such as the looting of archaeological sites.
But the actions taken by ISIS are different because they're so brazen and overt.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
Cool. And after ISIS is destroyed we can claim there was never such a religion.
Propaganda from Nat Geo, meant to imply they are not muslim or something.
Oh dear..
dontcha just hate it when that happens ???
:)
FALLIBLE AND UNINSPIRED MEN HAVE ASSUMED DOMINION OVER THE FAITH OF OTHERS...
Same Ol'
Gee, what a shame.
:’)
This appears to be the radio #3 is wearing.
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http://www.lulusoso.com/upload/20120329/Long_range_Digital_Walkie_Talkie.jpg
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