Ancient site Khorsabad attacked by Islamic State: reports

[Bosonic]

Source: AP

Iraq’s minister of tourism and antiquities says the government is investigating reports that the ancient archeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is being the latest to be attacked by the Islamic State militant group.

Adel Shirshab told The Associated Press there are concerns the militants will remove artifacts and heavily damage the site, located 15 kilometres northeast of Mosul.

Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, told the AP that the militants began their demolition of the Khorsabad site on Sunday.

The group has already looted and damaged two UNESCO world heritage sites — Nimrod and Hatra — both in northern Iraq.

Read more: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/03/08/ancient-site-khorsabad-attacked-by-islamic-state-reports.html

[Iliyah]

1. Well the terrorist group Isil does have one thing in common with the GOPs

They don't believe in HISTORY.

[forest444]

2. +1

Many a museum and historic site would be destroyed right here in the U.S. if a lot of Teahadists had their way.

[bluedigger]

3. Destruction of history seems to be a new past time in the mideast.

Pretty much been State policy in Saudi Arabia for a while now.

[Turbineguy]

4. Who needs the past?

When you have no future.

[pansypoo53219]

5. well, technically, catholics did the same thing centuries ago to islamic places centuries ago.

and here we insist of trashing native america holy places.

and remember, georgee got this shit ball rolling when he invaded iWaq.

[Scootaloo]

7. In all fairness...

Saddam liked to "rebuild" historical sites in his own likeness. he turned the ruins of Old bablylon into a Saddam Hussein-themed legoland.

[Coventina]

6. There are no words to describe how loathsome these people are.

[Arthur_Frain]

8. What would you give

to be able to explore the Library of Alexandria for a year before it was destroyed? Assume you had nothing better to do for a year, and that you were literate in all relevant languages.

Some things are so profound that there simply is no assigning a finite value to them.