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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 12, 2023 21:40:54 GMT
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Post by lavel on Oct 13, 2023 7:59:38 GMT
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 13, 2023 10:43:13 GMT
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 13, 2023 15:40:02 GMT
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Post by msdemos on Oct 13, 2023 18:38:17 GMT
I'm old enough (Class of 1978) to remember our having one of these machines in our high school (Cudahy (WI) High School)..... SAVE FERRIS
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Post by msdemos on Oct 13, 2023 18:42:15 GMT
" With the processing fees and facility charges, it comes out to a hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents." SAVE FERRIS
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 13, 2023 18:43:01 GMT
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Post by msdemos on Oct 13, 2023 19:06:20 GMT
The statues were blown up and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Omar: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan Destruction of the site by the Taliban
The statues were destroyed by dynamite over several weeks, starting on 2 March 2001.
The destruction was carried out in stages. Initially, the statues were fired at for several days using anti-aircraft guns and artillery. This caused severe damage, but did not obliterate them.
During the destruction, Taliban Information Minister Qudratullah Jamal said that, "The destruction work is not as easy as people would think. You can't knock down the statues by dynamite or shelling as both of them have been carved in a cliff. They are firmly attached to the mountain."
Later, the Taliban placed anti-tank mines at the bottom of the niches, so that when fragments of rock broke off from artillery fire, the statues would receive additional destruction from particles that set off the mines.
In the end, the Taliban lowered men down the cliff face and placed explosives into holes in the Buddhas. After one of the explosions failed to obliterate the face of one of the Buddhas, a rocket was launched that left a hole in the remains of the stone head.
A local civilian, speaking to Voice of America in 2002, said that he and some other locals were forced to help destroy the statues. He also claimed that Pakistani and Arab engineers were involved in the destruction.
Mullah Omar, during the destruction, was quoted as saying, "What are you complaining about? We are only waging war on stones."
On 6 March 2001, The Times quoted Omar as stating:
"Muslims should be proud of smashing idols. It has given praise to Allah that we have destroyed them."
In an interview, Omar provided an ostensible explanation for his order to destroy the statues:
"I did not want to destroy the Bamiyan Buddha. In fact, some foreigners came to me and said they would like to conduct the repair work of the Bamiyan Buddha that had been slightly damaged due to rains. This shocked me. I thought, these callous people have no regard for thousands of living human beings—the Afghans who are dying of hunger, but they are so concerned about non-living objects like the Buddha. This was extremely deplorable. That is why I ordered its destruction. Had they come for humanitarian work, I would have never ordered the Buddha's destruction."SAVE FERRIS
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 13, 2023 20:33:13 GMT
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