Famed Palmyra temple destroyed

[Crabby]

The most famed temple in Syria's Palmyra has been blown up, the United Nations said Monday, showing satellite images of the damage as the Islamic State group presses a campaign to tear down the treasured heritage site.

A powerful blast in the ancient city had raised fears the militant jihadists had escalated their push to rid Syria of what they view as un-Islamic artifacts after they destroyed the smaller Baal Shamin temple last week.

"We can confirm destruction of the main building of the Temple of Bel as well as a row of columns in its immediate vicinity," the UN training and research agency UNITAR said, providing satellite images from before and after the explosion on Sunday.

The 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel was the centrepiece of Palmyra's famed ruins and one of the most important relics of the heritage site, which has been described by the UN's cultural arm UNESCO as of "outstanding universal value".

IS fighters seized the city from Syrian regime forces in May and have since attacked the city's ruins and historic sites, which they consider idolatrous, and in mid-August beheaded the 82-year-old former antiquities chief in Palmyra.

The Sunni Muslim group has also been accused of destroying heritage sites to loot items to sell on the black market and to gain publicity for their campaign to bring vast swathes of Iraq and Syria under their own harsh interpretation of Islam.

Source -- http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/1004424.html

No words...

 

[Pitbull]

Rather that than more people being beheaded.

 

[ToxicBunny]

*mutter*...

This lot need to be stopped and stopped soon.

 

[Nick333]

Rather that than more people being beheaded.

It's not one or the other for these "people".

 

[bokdrol]

Shocking.

 

[LazyLion]

Rather that than more people being beheaded.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/08/31/isis-burns-4-hog-tied-men-alive-in-new-video

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

brainless savages is all this lot are ...... the sooner they and their religion die out, the better for everyone

 

[Cray]

ISIS really are trying hard for the "Vilest group in the world" title.

 

[Mila]

Disgusting. When will someone hand them their asses on a plate?

 

[Vrotappel]

Savages.

 

[Cray]

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/08/31/isis-burns-4-hog-tied-men-alive-in-new-video

:wtf:

 

[rza]

*mutter*...

This lot need to be stopped and stopped soon.

By who? This lot were sponsored by the US and Nato to come into power and replace Assad, and at that time everybody was cheering them on because they hated Assad.

 

[Pitbull]

By who? This lot were sponsored by the US and Nato to come into power and replace Assad, and at that time everybody was cheering them on because they hated Assad.

I think you have your terrorist groups mixed up.

Al-Qaida was funded by the USA many years ago.

 

[ToxicBunny]

By who? This lot were sponsored by the US and Nato to come into power and replace Assad, and at that time everybody was cheering them on because they hated Assad.

Evidence of your claims please...

You have been asked before and have not provided any, and until you do, you are talking BS as usual.

 

[nabeeltootla]

Bunch of nutters. The sooner they're gone the better.

 

[yebocan]

brainless savages is all this lot are ...... the sooner they and their religion die out, the better for everyone

Dying out not going to happen, this particular guy in sky following variant, is only going to become less radical once moderates start diluting the madness.

 

[Alan]

*mutter*...

This lot need to be stopped and stopped soon.

Well they were stopped by the surge but the democrats eventually got their way.....

ISIS really are trying hard for the "Vilest group in the world" title.

Yet just a decade ago they were every liberals championed freedom fighters....

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win..

Michael Moore

 

[Cray]

Yet just a decade ago they were every liberals championed freedom fighters....

The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win..

Michael Moore

Yes the war in Iraq was that was brought to you by the GOP is in fact the fault of liberals. Also, characterising Michael Moore as a representative liberal is the same as using the tea party to characterise all conservatives.

 

[Xarog]

Evidence of your claims please...

You have been asked before and have not provided any, and until you do, you are talking BS as usual.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...ed-isis-tool-overthrow-syrias-president-assad
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-...cret-pentagon-report-proves-us-complicity-cre

But don't worry, I don't expect you'll read or research either link.

 

[rza]

I think you have your terrorist groups mixed up.

Al-Qaida was funded by the USA many years ago.

Nope, you have your history mixed up. When the US wanted to dethrone Assad about three/four years back they hired ISIS to do it. Not only did they supply weapons to ISIS, they also helped it in its war with Assad which helped them win many towns in Syria.