ISIL

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  10/28/19
  

  US Militarism, Having Provoked ISIL into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi

  by Juan Cole

  “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” the nom de guerre of the notorious Iraqi terrorist Ibrahim al-Samarrai, is dead, killed in a US special forces raid on his compound in Syria’s northwest Idlib province. 

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  8-24-16
  

  Why The World Needs an Anti-War Movement

  by Cody Foster

  It’s time we resurrect a global anti-war movement to visibly show our discontent with these violent war crimes.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  8-22-16
  

  Islamist: Sorry I Wrecked Heritage Site

  For the first time on record, an International Criminal Court defendant has entered a guilty plea to war crimes.

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• SOURCE: ARCAblog
  7-7-16
  

  ISIS Releases Video showing its destruction of the Palmyra Museum's Artifacts

  The 57 second video shows militants lifting funerary reliefs from shelving and dropping them forcefully onto the floor. Other historic artifacts are subjected to repeated blows with sledgehammers, filmed for cinematic effect.

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• SOURCE: Fox News
  7-2-16
  

  How Douglas MacArthur would have responded to ISIS terror attacks

  by Arthur Herman

  Douglas MacArthur taught the single important strategic lesson any American president can learn: before starting a war, make sure you are committed to winning it.

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• SOURCE: Heavy
  5-15-16
  

  ISIS Destroys Ancient Adad & Mashki Gates in Nineveh, Iraq

  See the photos.

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• SOURCE: ARCA blog
  4-27-16
  

  Bill to protect antiquities worldwide goes to Obama

  Late in the day, April 26, 2016 and with final House passage, the US government has approved its final amended version of H.R. 1493, "The Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act" agreed to in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.

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• SOURCE: Syria Direct
  4-26-16
  

  Antiquities expert on Palmyra visit: 'Syria can’t possibly restore the destroyed artifacts'

  “Specialists are still working to estimate the exact scale of the damage, but it’s around 30 percent.”

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• SOURCE: The Sunday Times
  4-17-16
  

  ‘Illegal’ Syrian antiquity found on sale for £30,000 in London

  An ancient stone ornament illegally removed from Syria has been found on sale for tens of thousands of pounds in an upmarket antiques shop in Mayfair, central London.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4-16-16
  

  Ordinary Syrians are risking their lives to protect their cultural heritage

  Ordinary Syrian people are going to extraordinary lengths, risking everything to protect their heritage, despite the horror that has engulfed their country.

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• SOURCE: AP
  4-16-16
  

  Grim New Details of IS Destruction in Syria's Palmyra Museum

  The museum was trashed and some of its best-known artifacts and statues were smashed by the militants, who cut off the heads and hands of statues and demolished others before being driven out last month.

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• SOURCE: Art Crime Research
  4-13-16
  

  Syria says restoring Palmyra to the way it was is its goal

  It rejects the proposal to rebuild the city utilizing 3D technologies.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3-31-16
  

  Should we 3D print a new Palmyra?

  by Emma Cunliffe

  Many argue that 3D printing fails to capture the authenticity of the original structures, amounting to little more than the Disneyfication of heritage.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  3-28-16
  

  If All Else Fails, 3D Models and Robots Might Rebuild Palmyra

  Cultural organizations have been working to create precise 3D digital models of the threatened heritage monuments in Palmyra, Syria, in case the originals are damaged beyond repair.

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• SOURCE: Hyperallergic
  3-21-16
  

  A 3D Database of Threatened Syrian Heritage Sites

  A team of digital surveyors is working to create the world’s largest 3D database of archaeological sites in Syria, focusing on those at risk of destruction.

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• Syria: Russia Targets Daesh in Palmyra despite Drawdown

  With regime troops and their allies now within striking distance of the city itself, the Russians are softening up the minions of the phony caliphate from the air.

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• SOURCE: Al-Fanar Media
  3-15-16
  

  Czech Scholars Chart the Destruction of Mosul Heritage

  “We’ve found that 38 monuments have been either ruined or completely razed.”

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  3-15-16
  

  Andrew Bacevich has a 3 point plan for an American strategy against violent radical Islam

  by Andrew Bacevich

  Point one: Self-protect. Point two: Restore stability. Point three: Promote agents of change.

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• SOURCE: Princeton University Press Blog
  

  Political scientist Fawaz A. Gerges has written a history of ISIS

  by Fawaz A. Gerges

  He warns it poses a serious ongoing threat to the West.

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• 3-20-16
  

  Studying the 30 Years War Gives Me Hope about Our Religious Wars

  by Wayne Te Brake

  The evidence from European history suggests not only that peace is possible but that some form of peaceful religious coexistence will likely be the eventual outcome.