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World Heritage site bombed. Again.

Oink · 2014-07-10 07:57:57

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28191181 "Syria, graced with thousands of historic sites, is seeing its cultural heritage vandalised, looted and destroyed by war - but volunteers are doing what they can to document the damage and save the country's cultural identity from obliteration. They have taken many of the…

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10-07-2014 8:57am

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http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28191181

"Syria, graced with thousands of historic sites, is seeing its cultural heritage vandalised, looted and destroyed by war - but volunteers are doing what they can to document the damage and save the country's cultural identity from obliteration.
They have taken many of the photographs below.
In March the Syrian air force bombed the world's best preserved Crusader Castle, the 12th Century Krak des Chevaliers (above) in Homs province."

I have that same feeling in my stomach as when they bombed the Bamiyan Buddhas.

I am not even going to read the rest of the article. It's sickening.

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