caesar novus Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 There have been some scare stories about Roman sites in the Libya war in http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/06/14/libya.war/ rebel claims that Libya's leader may be hiding rocket launchers at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Leptis Magna Separately, NATO refused to say Tuesday whether it would bomb ancient Roman ruins in Libya if it knew Gadhafi was hiding military equipment there. But NATO condemned the use of these sites to store weapons, and I'm sure they left it open whether to be bombed (which they did more explicitly than above) for secrecy and as a deterrent against more abuse. I have seen a ww2 video of Churchill making a speech before thousands of troops in what appears to be Leptis Magna - I bet the site was a bit worse for wear after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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