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Friday, February 15, 2013

Rebels funded by Judeo-Christian nations destroy Syria's historical past including Christian heritage....


and for that the thinking world will never  forgive nor forget the names of  the leaders of  the Judeo-Christian nations at this particular point in our planet's history.  History belongs to all of us and Syria is important not only to the Syrians, irrelevant of  their faith,  the land is also important  to followers of Christ  because it is rich in the proofs and findings of the past of Jesus Christ and the past history of his family and apostles.

The "murderous Assad regime"  as the media and our leaders take pains to drum into us,  was the  same "murderous regime" that has been  responsible for safe keeping of this precious history and it has been this same "murderous regime" who took that  task seriously by allocating millions of dollars for the upkeep of monasteries, churches, museums, heritage buildings and the like.  Now,  in the hands of NATO-funded  terrorists, the centuries of irreplaceable  relics and antiquities along with their history are no more.  This is nothing but wilful destruction of Christianity by Judeo-Christian nations in the Muslim land of Syria.

Hope historians will tell the truth about  this most dastardly deed committed by the Judeo-Christians nations with supposedly "Christian" leaders at the helm of most of them.

Taylor Luck writing at WashingtonPost:
.... To the caches of ammunition and medicines  that they lug each day from this border city back into their homeland, Syrian rebels have added new tools to support their fight against President Bashar al-Assad: metal detectors and pickaxes.

The rebels, struggling to finance their effort, have joined an emerging trade in illicitly acquired Syrian artifacts and antiquities, selling off the country’s past as the war for its future intensifies.

“Some days we are fighters; others we are archaeologists,” Jihad Abu Saoud, a 27-year-old rebel from the Syrian city of Idlib, said in an interview in this northern Jordanian city. Saoud claimed to have recently uncovered tablets from the Bronze Age city of Ebla inscribed in the Sumerian script.

Since the onset of the conflict in Syria, the international community has expressed alarm over the fate of the country’s diverse heritage landmarks and stunning archaeological sites, as rebel and government forces have transformed historical treasures such as the 1,000-year-old Aleppo souk and the crusader castle Crac des Chevaliers into theaters of war.

As the war nears its third year, the United Nations and conservationists warn that Syria’s historical sites face a new and more dangerous threat: a sophisticated network of smugglers and dealers — prime among them members of the cash-strapped insurgency — looking to capitalize on the country’s cultural riches.......

........Twelve of the country’s 36 museums have been looted, according to the France-based Association for the Protection of Syrian Archaeology. In a Jan. 22 report, however, the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums said the bulk of the items have been accounted for and transferred to secure locations........

..........“This isn’t just the history of Syria but the history of mankind at stake,” said Maamoun Abdulkarim, head of the Syrian antiquities directorate. Before the conflict, he said, plunderers “were digging at night. Now they are digging in broad daylight.”......

.... Syrian rebels interviewed said they have begun dispatching loosely formed “excavation teams” — groups of young men who scour archeological sites for gold, mosaics, statues and other transportable artifacts that can be sold easily......

.......Jordan has emerged as the primary first stop for the goods, according to the rebels, who said Turkey and Lebanon also are active markets. The rebels and Jordanian security sources say most of the illicitly acquired artifacts are smuggled into Jordan amid the daily influx of about 2,000 refugees. They end up on the market in Amman, the Jordanian capital, where merchants have reported a flood of Syrian artifacts in recent weeks.

“Every day we are getting calls about Syrian gold, Syrian mosaics, Syrian statues,” said Mohammed Khalil, an antiques dealer in Amman. “Damascus is being sold right here in Amman, piece by piece.”.......

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