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ISIS Militant Bulldozing Iragi Ancient City

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The #United Nations condemned as a "war crime" Friday the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest demolition of Iraqi cultural treasures.</div>
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After rampaging through Mosul's museum with sledgehammers and torching its library last month, ISIS "bulldozed" the nearby ruins of Nimrud Thursday, the tourism and antiquities ministry said.</div>
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Antiquities officials said ISIS militants had moved trucks last week to the site, which overlooks the Tigris River, 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of their main hub of Mosul.</div>
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"Until now, we do not know to what extent it was destroyed," one official said.</div>
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Nimrud was the latest victim of what appears to be a systematic campaign by the jihadists to obliterate Iraq's rich heritage.</div>
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"I'm really devastated. But it was just a matter of time, now we're waiting for the video. It's sad," Abdulamir Hamdani, an Iraqi archaeologist from Stony Brook University in New York said of the propaganda film of the destruction that ISIS will likely release.</div>
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He said the site's guards were denied access to Nimrud, which was founded in the 13th century BC and was once considered the jewel of the Assyrian era.</div>
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Its stunning reliefs and colossal statues of winged bulls with human heads guarding palace gates filled the world's museums in the 19th century.</div>
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A collection of 613 pieces of gold jewelry, ornaments and precious stones discovered in a royal tomb in 1988 has been described as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.</div>
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"Their plan is to destroy Iraqi heritage, one site at a time," said Hamdani.</div>
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"Hatra of course will be next," he added, referring to a 2,000-year-old UNESCO-listed site about 100 kilometers south of Mosul known for its beautifully preserved temples blending Hellenistic, Roman and Eastern influences.</div>
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Irina Bokova, the head of the UN's cultural body UNESCO, condemned the destruction of Nimrud "with the strongest force".</div>
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"We cannot stay silent. The deliberate destruction of cultural heritage constitutes a war crime, and I call on all political and religious leaders in the region to stand up against this new barbarity," she said Friday.</div>
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UNESCO has called for tougher action to protect the many heritage sites in one of the cradles of civilization but little can be done in areas under jihadist control.</div>
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The destruction was met with condemnation and sadness on Baghdad's Mutanabi Street, a favorite haunt of Iraqi intellectuals.</div>
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"After they killed the human spirit, they began killing civilization," Ibrahim Dawood, a writer and poet, said of IS.</div>
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"A civilization considered the pride of Iraq and the world was erased in minutes," said Adel Abdullah, a health ministry employee.</div>
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ISIS attempts to justify the destruction by saying the statues are idolatrous, but experts say the jihadists traffic antiquities to fund their self-proclaimed "caliphate" and only destroy the pieces that are too bulky to be smuggled.</div>
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Stuart Gibson, a UNESCO expert on museums, said pressure from the international community would have little effect on IS.</div>
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"We have also traditionally called upon the peoples of the region to recognize the irreplaceable value and cultural necessity in protecting their cultural heritage," he said.</div>
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"Unfortunately today the people in the region are exhausted and terrified. The remainder of us can only stand on the outside looking on in absolute despair."</div>
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ISIS still controls large parts of northern and western Iraq, but has been losing ground under mounting military pressure from Iraqi federal and Kurdish forces backed by a US-led coalition and by Iran.</div>
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Baghdad launched a huge offensive Monday to retake the city of Tikrit, in what commanders have said was a stepping stone toward an even larger operation to free Mosul.</div>
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Since they swept through Iraq's Sunni heartland last June, ISIS militants have destroyed a long list of religious and heritage sites, including churches and Sunni shrines.</div>
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Most of Nimrud's priceless artifacts had long been moved to museums, in Mosul, Baghdad, Paris, London and elsewhere but some giant "lamassu" statues of winged bulls and reliefs were still on site.</div>
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"UNESCO is determined to do whatever is needed to document and protect the heritage of Iraq and lead the fight against the illicit traffic of cultural artifacts, which directly contributes to the financing of terrorism," said Bokova.</div>
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ISIS Militant Bulldozing Iragi Ancient City

The #United Nations condemned as a "war crime" Friday the Islamic State group's bulldozing of the ancient city of Nimrud, the jihadists' latest demolition of Iraqi cultural treasures. After rampaging…

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07 Mar 2015

Tinubu is the most Corrupt Nigerian Ever -Minister

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The #Minister of State for Works, Dayo Adeyeye, has described as shameful, the one-million-man march held in Lagos today, by the All Progressives Congress (APC).<br />He said the march was in support of corruption and the massive looting of Lagos State by the APC leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, adding that; “what the APC demonstrated was that they don’t care about the feelings of the people”.</div>
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<br />The minister said in a statement on Sa<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">turday that the APC should defend the allegations of converting almost all the landed properties in Lagos to Mr. Tinubu’s personal use and monumental looting of the state by the former governor, rather than embarking on a show of support for corruption in the name of one-million-man march.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />He said; “the APC and its leaders need to seek forgiveness from God for stealing Lagos State blind, instead of marching on the heads of the same Lagosians that they shortchanged for 16 years.”<br />Mr. Adeyeye, who noted that Mr. Tinubu became stupendously rich at the expense of Lagos State tax payers, added that it was an insult for anyone to be matching in support of a corruption personified individual like Mr.Tinubu.</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />“One is not surprised that they took to the streets in Lagos to show solidarity to Tinubu, who is being accused of massive looting of Lagos State.<br />“Afterall, the APC said officially that ‘even if Tinubu and the party presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari are shown in a video robbing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerians must vote for the party.’</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br />“In other words, they are saying that even if Tinubu acquires the Alausa Secretariat the way he acquired the secretariat of Eti-Osa Local Government and several other properties belonging to the people of Lagos State, Lagosians can go to hell!<br />“This is shameful and Nigerians should note that handing over the country to Tinubu and his cabal will be tantamount to auctioning the country at the World Trade Centre,” the minister said.</span></div>
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Tinubu is the most Corrupt Nigerian Ever -Minister

The #Minister of State for Works, Dayo Adeyeye, has described as shameful, the one-million-man march held in Lagos today, by the All Progressives Congress (APC).He said the march was in support of co…

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07 Mar 2015