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[Almalexia]

...You don't even need to open the article, I quoted the relevant info from the Huff Post, with its source referenced being archaeologist Junaid Habib. But regardless, to humor you here are a number of other articles which cite refer to ISIS's practice of looting from archaeological sites to finance its operations, often in the name of quelling idolatry.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/isis-destroys-ancient-art.html
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ISIS-stolen-Syrian-artifacts/2015/02/27/id/627425/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/isis-erasing-history-culture-in-syria-and-iraq/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/isis-destruction-ancient-city-artifacts-war-crime/story?id=29441874

But ISIS is hardly above stealing ancient treasures for financial gain. David Cohen, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the U.S. Treasury Department, named looting as one financial supply line for ISIS and said the group “lays waste to thousands of years of civilization in Iraq and Syria by looting and selling antiquities.”

^From the last article.

If you don't like any of these sources, then tough ****. All of them reference the use of raiding these sites for artifacts to be sold on the black market.

 

[Vraelomon]

So I hear Boko Harem has pledged allegiance to ISIS.

 

[rebelknight]

Boko Harem

Its Haram.
Harem mean something radically different.

 

[Feragorn]

Sort of not really. "Boko Haram" means "Non-Islamic education is forbidden" Operative word being "haram" - "forbidden". "Harem" is the separate section of a palace or whatever that contains the wives and concubines of the ruler. "Harem" comes from "haram", to mean that the harem is forbidden to men.

 

[Bluehawk]

Boko Harem would be a good name for a book store.

 

[Vraelomon]

Haram automatically corrects to harem, so...

 

[Austupaio]

Fourty-Seven Senators grossly violate foreign policy by unofficially undermining the POTUS in a letter to Iran.

 

[AWdeV]

Yurp. Bunch of arsehammers. 

First they invite Natanyahu without telling Obama and now this. It looks a bit daffy and I hope it bites them in the arse.

 

[Dodes]

The irony is the conservatives give strength to the hardliners in Iran by doing that.

 

[Vraelomon]

They seem to have found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes.

 

[crodio]

Better than gayspeare

 

[Mage246]

Netanyahu had another strong showing in Israeli elections. It remains to be seen if he will be able to translate that into another term as Prime Minister, but right now he seems to have a slight advantage over his rivals.

****.

 

[Delora Filth]

Goddammit. Was really hoping the prick would finally have to step down so someone remotely interested in at least not directly aggravating the Palestinian situation might get a shot.

 

[Mage246]

If the Arab party would get off their ass and choose a side instead of making a "principled" stand of not actually getting involved in the ruling coalition, there might still be a chance to do something. But they won't, probably because they will be called "traitors" by the PLO and Hamas.

 

[Delora Filth]

Who in their turn really should encourage the Arab party to take a stand against Netanyahu, if only they were able to see the perks of having a slightly less hostile Israeli government. The circle continues.

 

[AWdeV]

The news this mroing spoke of a crushing victory for bibi. Bummer israearabs and palestinians.



dutch elections today.

 

[Cernunos]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/gunmen-storm-museum-in-tunisia-killing-at-least-8/2015/03/18/00202e76-cd73-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html

yeah, right. Da**** with this murderous cult.

 

[Mage246]

And which murderous cult would that be?

 

[Vicccard]

MUSLIMS

(jk, jk, jk)

No significant surprises in the Dutch elections I think. It's provincial (For the sake of our non-dutch friends here, I'm not even going to try and explain the waterschappen   ) but due to our slightly complicated system where the members of the twelve provincial parliaments elect the members of the lesser important yet still vital First Chamber of Parliament, there's still a national 'thing' to it.

The situation is complicated more because our not-very-popular-current coalition government has no majority in that First Chamber, and with the elections the government and the 'cooperative opposition parties' might lost their majority altogether, pretty much making it impossible for the government to create any law without the support of not-so-cooperative opposition parties who want nothing but them resigning.

All in all, we're in for a grand ol' party 

 

[Mage246]

The one you can report him for for calling it that.

I probably could have if you hadn't warned him about it. Now he can claim that he actually meant something else. Well done, protecting the bigot like that.