DOD, US buldozers, ---- No wonder we are losing.

[rodeodance]

xxx wrote:
> U.S. bulldozes Iraqi treasures
> 8/1/2006 2:00:00 PM GMT
>.......
> And then came the U.S.-led occupation.
>
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> Last month, Mafkarat Al Islam reported that the U.S.-led occupation forces bulldozed 1,000-year old historic district in Al Qa'im, near the Iraq- Syria border, turning it into a soccer field.
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> The occupation troops completely destroyed a thousand-year old historic district dating back to the First Abbasi Period (762-833 C.E.)
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> The Department of Antiquities issued an announcement that was signed by Abd al-Karim Falih, the department's director, accusing the Americans of leveling the historic district dating from the Abbasi period, with bulldozers and other equipment, according to Mafkarat Al Islam correspondent.
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> The announcement said that the American occupation troops bulldozed the area, turning it into a soccer field even though it was fenced off, with signs warning against getting inside due to its historic value.
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> So far the U.S. invading troops have caused the destruction of at least seven historical sites in the country dating back to the Abbasi era and the earliest Islamic period, including the Abbasi Caliph's palace in as-Saqlawiyah, another historic area 30km west of Fallujah where the Battle of Dhat al-`Uyun was fought by Muslim warriors under Khalid Ibn al-Walid who conquered the Persian Empire and liberated the country. The U.S.-led occupation also destroyed the `Anah Citadel and the Hit Citadel, as well as other centuries- old Islamic cites.
>

[SoCalDem]

1. What else would you expect from people who think a 50 yr old building

is "old"..

[geardaddy]

2. Yep.

Disgusting.

[madrchsod]

3. i`ve been reading about this from day one.

although this sort of thing has been going on for thousands of years-but- since we are now a "civilized society" there is no excuse but the american war machine makes no apologies

[ladjf]

4. Its difficult to put in words how barbaric such acts are. Stupid,

uncaring and arrogant to say the least.

[htuttle]

5. Giant-Buddha-destroying Taliban have nothing on us, eh?

In the future, I suspect they'll speak of our destruction of history in Iraq in the same breath as the burning of the library at Alexandria.

I guess Bush got his wish and made his mark on history -- by erasing it...

[madokie]

6. this criminal cabal has a total lack of respect for all things

the more I learn the madder I get
Rec

[partylessinOhio]

7. American Taliban:

[EC]

8. So are they doing this by accident or on purpose to erase

their history and religion to the next generations?