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Libya protected ...now Syria at risk - Vindex - 05-28-2012
Read it and weep...
http://ghn.globalheritagefund.com/uploads/documents/document_2107.pdf
Re: Libya protected ...now Syria at risk - Paul Elliott - 05-29-2012
I wonder about Dura Europus... but there are so many AAA sites in Syria under risk ... but that's got to be a second consideration compared to people, dodging bullets, trying to avoid being cut to pieces by their own army.
21st C 'Repression' has reached new levels.
Re: Libya protected ...now Syria at risk - M. Caecilius - 05-29-2012
Weeping is really the only response to this, both to the cultural and to the human catastrophes happening in Syria at the moment - despite condemnations from all sides, be they western or Arab League. I hope that once someone decides that enough is enough, they don't react by carpet-bombing army camps entrenched in Palmyra or Dura Europos... and I hope there will be a choice. Paul's right though, the human crisis is worse than the threat to cultural heritage.
Re: Libya protected ...now Syria at risk - Eleatic Guest - 05-29-2012
What a pity. This is not only a cultural, but also a severe long-term economic loss. Syria's historic monuments are its greatest touristic asset in the absence of any significant nature or beach tourism.