2015 - Iraq - Islamic State Militants Destroy Ancient Idols in Mosul Museum

[zorgon]

2015 - Iraq - Islamic State Militants Destroy Ancient Idols in Mosul Museum - 27/2/15

The US Government has passed many laws forbidding collectors to remove artifacts from the Middle East  yet we have seen the destruction of the Giant Buddha by the Taliban and today we have this

ETA: Original version

[zorgon]

Original article here


Now looking at those statues breaking apart they look like plaster mock ups  so it begs the question Is this a real assault or a propaganda film to create chaos?

[zorgon]

Update:
Replicas and at Least One Treasure Destroyed by ISIS in Museum
BY POLLY MOSENDZ 2/26/15 AT 4:30 PM


Many of the artifacts depicted in the videos were reproductions. ISIS MEDIA ORGANIZATION SCREENSHOT

On Thursday, the Islamic State (ISIS) released a video purporting to show members of the group destroying ancient artifacts in Iraq. A group of men takes sledgehammers, drills and chain saws to the statues, leaving them in ruins.

"The Prophet ordered us to get rid of statues and relics, and his companions did the same when they conquered countries after him," one of the men in the video says, according to a translation by Al Arabiya.


A member of ISIS topples a supposed ancient artifact in Iraq. ISIS MEDIA ORGANIZATION SCREENSHOT

The video was likely filmed in a Mosul museum. ISIS has held control of Mosul for several months, even branding their own police force in the northern Iraq city.

Archaeologists expressed horror at the act, although some believe the destruction is not as bad as it may seem: Some of the statues might be replicas. "You can see the iron bars inside. The original [statues] don't have iron bars," Mark Altaweel, an expert at the Institute of Archaeology at the University College of London, told Channel 4 News. Many of the original statues from the Mosul museum were relocated to a museum in Baghdad before the attack.


A man uses a sledgehammer to break an ancient statue. ISIS MEDIA ORGANIZATION SCREENSHOT

However, one of the statues destroyed, a stone bull with wings, is an original, believed to have been created in the seventh century. According to Channel 4, the winged bull once stood at the entrance to Nineveh, the ancient town where Mosul is now located. "I think the winged bull is very important locally, because it's one of the few objects that hasn't left the country or gone to Baghdad," an expert told Channel 4.


A member of ISIS attempts to break off a piece of an ancient stone statue. ISIS MEDIA ORGANIZATION SCREENSHOT

Terrorist organizations have destroyed ancient artifacts in the past, justifying their actions because the groups believe the artifacts were worshipped as false prophets. ISIS has recently destroyed churches, manuscripts and books across Syria and Iraq.

http://www.newsweek.com/replicas-and-least-one-treasure-destroyed-isis-museum-309810

[Pimander]

They are so full of sh1t.  The Muslims who conquered the South of Europe were tolerant of the religion of others.  Many people flocked to Spain because they could escape Christian persecution and the inquisition only under the protection of the Muslims.

They are just barbaric scum.

[space otter]

how to change the world to your way of thinking

remove history
remove books and education
carry guns
kill any who disagree with what you say you believe
kill any who refuse to convert to your perverted view



sadly when you have succeeded in corralling enough folk to your group - the world must  arm themselves in resistance...and in so doing you win.....everyone is either armed or under marshall law

[Phedre]

Why are we now giving them respect and recognition by calling them an "Islamic State"?

Why does the President refere to them only as ISIL? (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)

What is included in the Levant?




I am too weary today to go further, sorry 

[WarToad]

Idiots.  What they're really destroying is world history, human heritage. 

Phedre - I refer to them as Daesh, a "loose acronym" for "Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant" (al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham).  They are not islamic, they worship some death God.  No God worth worshipping  demands death by beheading and burning.  They are not a state, they are not sovergn, they are a criminal mafia.

Hopefully there is some great cosmic justice for them in the end.  Like being sucked into a black hole.

[zorgon]

Found the official version with their justification

[zorgon]

ISIS has blown up the historic wall of Nineveh

A source in the Nineveh province revealed on Wednesday, that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria "ISIS" terrorist organization has resumed bombing historical buildings and monuments in the province, noting that it has blew up the historic wall of Nineveh in the center of Mosul.

The source, who asked for anonymity told Shafaq News, that "ISIS terrorists on Tuesday night destroyed large parts of the historic wall of Nineveh in the Tahrir neighborhood of the Mosul area, noting that terrorists have used large quantities of explosives "

The Nineveh wall is considered a prominent historical monuments in the province, Iraq, and the region in general, an important landmark dating back to the Assyrian civilization thousands of years ago.

The ISIS terrorist organization has also destroyed a lot of other archaeological, historical and religious sites in the areas seized by ISIS, since the tenth of last June, which is considered by cultural and civic circles as crimes against the culture and human heritage.

The ancient city of Nineveh is also on UNESCO's list:

"Nineveh was one of the most important cultural centers inthe ancient world enjoying a prominent role in the field of developing human civilization, in that it was the greatest metropolis where various branchesofartsandlearning originated. It was adopted by the Assyrians as their political seat and comes next to their first religious capital city Ashur.Excavation on the principle mound in the city, Kuyunijk, has shown that it was occupied from c.6000 BC.-AD 600, Nineveh was oRen a royal residence and was finally established asthecapitaloftheAssyrians about 700 BC. by Senacherib, whose successors lived there until its destruction in 612 BC. The city wall of Nineveh has a circumference of over 12 km. And six gates have been excavated. On the mound of Kuyunjik the throne-room suite of Senacherrib's palace has re-excavated with some of its relief slabs depicting the Kings conquest still in position, the mound of Nebi Yunusj the site ofthe imperial arsenal 1.6 km; South of Kuyunjik, has been covered with houses grouped around a mosque, containing the reputed tomb of Jonah."

http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.736/isis-has-blown-up-the-historic-wall-of-nineveh.html


Just a few days ago I was again looking for THIS gate that I had in the Stargate section


Assyrian Empire Dur Sharrukin, One of the four Gates of Ninevah

I just updated the page on it and foud where it was and what happened to it. It was dismantled and sent to Europe, but sank at sea during a heavy storm...

They built a replica in Nievah  that is now destroyed 

[Toltec]

Our reptilian brain leads us to do those things, as K Lorentz (etologo) man kills because no inhibition, all animals have it. My question is:
Why are not we inhibit and kill kill us?

[zorgon]

Because we have three 'brains'  This is a simple graphic



The Reptilian brain is very active and we need it  It controls the Fight and Flight responses that we need to survive. The second layer is the Mammalian brain which tempers the reptilian and controls it. And finally we have the bigger portion that makes us human

So do the murders that have no feeling have a smaller human portion?  Is it blocked perhaps by conditioning, brainwashing, mind control or chemicals in the air and water?

I believe it is  We KNOW they have mind control  and we KNOW that some people are resistant.  And I think most average people use the Mammalian brain for daily life  generally docile, aware of right and wrong with occasional fits of rage when the Reptilian brain gets triggered

What I see in the world today is REGRESSION  People in general getting more stupid, the Reptilian brain taking control  You cannot reason with a Reptilian brain... it cannot understand you

[WarToad]

Destroying our world heritage and collective history is reason enough to fight these scumbags.  Unreal.