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The picture of the American military recreation room around the tomb of the founder of the Baath movement is pretty intense. Did they not know it was a tomb?
by leokun 13y ago
The picture of the American military recreation room around the tomb of the founder of the Baath movement is pretty intense. Did they not know it was a tomb?
- mcantelon 13y agoKnew (given the guy's body is in there), but likely didn't care... just as they didn't care to stop the looting of Iraq's museums.
- sudomal 13y agoI would hazard a guess that those military personnel aren't well read on Iraqi and Syrian history.
- cpursley 13y agoNor do they 'Merican history.
- bcoates 13y agoWhy would you think that? Looks like they went out of their way to be disrespectful to the tomb of one of the intellectual leaders of their enemy. This is consistent with the US military policy of treating the various artifacts Saddam's government (up to and including the actual bodies of Saddam and his family) as illegitimate and not worthy of respect.
- minor_nitwit 13y agoIt could have been a defensive shield, if the insurgents would not attack a national monument.