Mohamed against freedom

Sweet!

A nice contrast to the knuckleheads who destroyed the Buddha relief below.

The Iraqis asked me [Michael Yon] to convey a message of thanks to the American people. "Thank you, thank you," the people were saying. One man said, "Thank you for peace." Another man, a Muslim, said "All the people, all the people in Iraq, Muslim and Christian, is brother." The men and women were holding bells, and for the first time in memory freedom rang over the ravaged land between two rivers.

Mohamattan vandals destroy another Buddhist statue

They failed in September, but kept at it in their ongoing jihad against impressive sculptures. It was a pointed statement against the intolerant Buddhist crusaders that slaughtered Mohammattans in the land of Swat back in the olden days. My history may be a bit fuzzy in the details but the larger point stands: the giant relief was just asking for it.

Meet the al Askari Mosque in Samarra

I was thinking of posting some more fine China, but thought it would be more appropriate, instead, to check out the most recent victim of Islamic radicalism. It's an impressive structure with an impressive background. This is where the 10th and 11th Imams are kept. The mosque dates back to the 10th century, around the time when Samarra was briefly the capital of the caliphate. The the gold dome was completed in 1905.