Posted on 07/06/2015 2:33:42 PM PDT by pabianice
ISIS has announced that it is setting its sights on Egypts pyramids, the Sphinx of Giza, and the country's unique historic monuments in general, after its savage vandalism and looting of other precious world heritage sites.
The Islamic State is rushing reinforcements to Egypt from Libya and Iraq for its battle with Egyptian forces in northern Sinai, which went into its fifth day Sunday, July 5, and other offensives, debkafiles intelligence and counter-terror sources report. After sustaining hundreds of casualties, both sides claim to have won the upper hand but the tenacious struggle is not over.
An Islamist manpower pool is provided by Egyptian extremists who crossed into Libya in the past and settled in bases around Benghazi. Last week, ISIS summoned them to take up positions in Cairo and the Suez Canal and wait for orders to go into action. They crossed back with the help of smugglers. Those rings, dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood underground, with branches controlled by Hamas and Hizballah, bring illicit weapons and ammunition supplies to Sinai from Libya via Egypt.
President Abdel Fatteh El-Sisi is therefore obliged to earmark substantial military and intelligence resources for defending the Suez Canal and Cairo more even than the Sinai front.
(Excerpt) Read more at virtualjerusalem.com ...
You’ve got a point there.
Nah, you don’t mean that. You don’t want those sites destroyed.
Whatta bout American Laws being unwritten?
The only reason we know anything about ancient Egyptian culture is because Western archaeologists saw the importance of exploring and restoring these sites. Once that was done, the locals whined they were being “robbed” and “exploited” so they demanded them back. F ‘em.
Blowing up a pyramid might take some doing.
Maybe they are just doing Apophis’ bidding...
Napoleon pilfered the marble off of them too IIRC...
I’d tell ‘em to pound sand.
Wait...
At least the French deciphered the Rosetta stone.
ISIS has a death wish
They are also ignorant
Luxor is the easy target
The men that built the great pyramids knew about human riff reff and constructed them accordingly
the pen bumper sticker is mightier than the sword!
LOL
that kenyan usurper is such a moron. no wonder other countries don't respect us anymore.
aren’t the locals mostly the descendents of invading arab muslims anyway? the descendents of the actual ancient egyptians are pretty much gone now (i think only the copts are genetically closely descended from them), replaced by the arabian sons of mohammed.
at least this has always been my understanding... that the arab conquerors basically converted/killed/raped the ancient egyptians and then bred with their women over centuries, thus the resulting modern egyptians have became more arabian than ancient egyptian.
This is a question that can probably now be answered, by DNA testing.
My 1965 Britannica wrote that the current Egyptians were probably descendants of the ancient Egyptians, but that was unscientific.
For example, Kennewick Man has recently been shown to have really been an American Indian, after years of uncertainty.
I wonder if the current Greeks are descended from the ancient Greeks, or mostly from the Slav invasders of the Middle Ages. Also would be interesting to know the background of the current Anatolians.
Yes, but by the same token none of them are coming to see those place.
Millions of Americans go to so those places.
“Millions of Americans go to so those places.”
I have been there...in 1984...would not go there today...
Having said that, Egypt is a dichotomy of extraordinary historical events, and it is my opinion, as well as the opinion of many, that the pyramids of Giza predate Noah’s Flood...
ISIS, and their Arch Supporter, a Muzzie usurper residing in the White Mosque, can go to Hell.
Thanks for the mention. I agree with your concluding comments too.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is over 4,500 years old and is the oldest monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is also the only one left standing. It is a marvel of human engineering and construction, and its sheer size and scale rivals any structure built within the last few hundred years. To this day, it is one of the largest of all human constructions in history.
Its importance in human history is immense. The world cannot stand by and watch these barbaric savages destroy these monuments of ancient history.
They certainly should, but from whom?
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