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2014-11-03 Iraq

Death toll from Islamic State massacre of Sunni tribe in Anbar surges

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Posted by Fred 2014-11-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 It was Tamerlane you idiots who sacked Baghdad, massacred the entire population and threw all of the books and writings in the University library in the river...turned the river black.

He told each of his soldiers to bring him two heads.

They build four pyramids of heads, at the cardinal points of the city, each one hundred feet square. Estimates run as high as 1 million people slaughtered.

Interestingly, Tamerlane is considered a "defender of the faith" by Moslems...odd since he slaughtered so many Moslems in Baghdad and other cities on his rampage across the middle east.

Posted by Mystic 2014-11-03 02:31|| 2014-11-03 02:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Hulagu Khan with his Mongol and Chinese army sacked Baghdad in 1258. Tamerlane sacked Baghdad in 1401 but it was still a shadow of its former glory after the Mongol sacking.

Posted by Choting Speaking for Boskone6255 2014-11-03 15:00|| 2014-11-03 15:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Ahhh,

Thank you my friend for the clarification.

I was always fascinated by the Moslem reverence for Tamerlane when he butchered so many of them and destroyed so many of their cities.

I forgot completely about the Moguls venture into the middle east. I will do a little research and illuminate myself. Obviously I didn't know all there was to know about this bit of history.

Thank you again.

Posted by Mystic 2014-11-03 21:39|| 2014-11-03 21:39|| Front Page Top

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