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Body of antiquities scholar beheaded by IS in 2015 believed to be found
[IsraelTimes] Syrian authorities may have found the body of a prominent antiquities scholar, who was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... terror group in the ancient town of Palmyra in 2015, according to the BBC. The jihadists murdered 81-year-old Khaled al-Asaad, after he refused to divulge where some of the town’s treasures had been hidden. The man was a hero, quietly stymieing the ISIS invaders while they tortured him to death, neither surrendering without a fight nor fleeing without any attempt to fight back at a time when almost everyone else was doing both. Two other bodies have been found near Palmyra by Syrian forces. All three are set to undergo DNA identification.Related: Palmyra: 2021-01-31 Syrian military choppers search for ISIS terrorists in central Syria: video Palmyra: 2021-01-29 Watch: Russian choppers chase ISIS terrorists in central Syria Palmyra: 2021-01-28 Syrian Army eliminates terrorist group responsible for bus attack, secure key highway Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-10 |
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