Troops Tearing Up Babylon, Tsunami Research and Many More
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A couple of interesting articles.[^] Decoding Pollution Eaters[^] "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
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A couple of interesting articles.[^] Decoding Pollution Eaters[^] "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
It's sad that damage has been done to such an ancient and historic Biblical city. That said, hopefully your post doesn't inspire any soapbox-related material about the war.
Any remotely useful information on my blog will be removed immediately.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who have heard of the ubiquitous, overused, worn-out-like-an-old-shoe binary "joke" and those who haven't. Judah Himango
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A couple of interesting articles.[^] Decoding Pollution Eaters[^] "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog
> Troops Tearing Up Babylon Weird. I saw this article around six months ago. Looking at google, it looks like a bunch of news agencies suddenly and simultaneously decided to report on it. (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=polish+troops+babylon[^]) So, I dug up the older results: ABC News, August 2, 2004, "Ancient Babylon ruined by foreign troops: Iraqi minister" (Link[^]) cracow-life.com, October 11, 2004, "Polish-led force in Iraq to leave base" (Link[^]) ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
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> Troops Tearing Up Babylon Weird. I saw this article around six months ago. Looking at google, it looks like a bunch of news agencies suddenly and simultaneously decided to report on it. (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=polish+troops+babylon[^]) So, I dug up the older results: ABC News, August 2, 2004, "Ancient Babylon ruined by foreign troops: Iraqi minister" (Link[^]) cracow-life.com, October 11, 2004, "Polish-led force in Iraq to leave base" (Link[^]) ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
Brit wrote: it looks like a bunch of news agencies suddenly and simultaneously decided to report on it It is an ongoing thing, afaiui this latest batch of reporting is based on a new plea to stop further damage.
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It's sad that damage has been done to such an ancient and historic Biblical city. That said, hopefully your post doesn't inspire any soapbox-related material about the war.
Any remotely useful information on my blog will be removed immediately.
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who have heard of the ubiquitous, overused, worn-out-like-an-old-shoe binary "joke" and those who haven't. Judah Himango
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> Troops Tearing Up Babylon Weird. I saw this article around six months ago. Looking at google, it looks like a bunch of news agencies suddenly and simultaneously decided to report on it. (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=polish+troops+babylon[^]) So, I dug up the older results: ABC News, August 2, 2004, "Ancient Babylon ruined by foreign troops: Iraqi minister" (Link[^]) cracow-life.com, October 11, 2004, "Polish-led force in Iraq to leave base" (Link[^]) ----------------------------------------------------- Empires Of Steel[^]
According to the first article, "Just their presence, with their heavy equipment, is harmful in and of itself," the minister told Reuters... This is a trend; in original reports all the damage is alleged and anecdotal. Since then, it appears people have been embellishing the original stories. The first report above did have a section that made me chuckle: "...large parts of [Babylon] were reconstructed by Saddam Hussein...." So is the site, or at least the parts of the site in question, old or new? And who did the most damage? It wouldn't be the first time art and/or archaeological sites were more damaged by "restoration" than anything accidental. (Reminds me: recently, in my area, some well meaning folks spent years trying to convince us tax payers to pony up money to restore a late nineteenth century academy. After being repeatedly turned down at the polls, they raised the money themselves only to discover the building was so structurally unsound, and had been for years, that it couldn't be restored. So they basically knocked down everything but the front wall and build a brand new building. So, if this building, say, burns down, how big of a historical loss is it?) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke