[CPProt.net] Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Threatens: Al Hadba', Taq Kisra and Al Malweya are Threatened of Vanishing

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Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Threatens: Al Hadba', Taq Kisra and Al
Malweya are Threatened of Vanishing 
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  Baghdad - Hashem Al hashemi, Iraqi minister of tourism and antiquities,
warned that there are significant monumental sites that are threatened of
vanishing, including Al Hadba' in Musel, Taq Kisra in Al Madaen, Malweyat
Samera and Al Sarhudi Minaret in Baghdad. 
 

 
In the seminar held by the Iraqi Antiquities General Administration on the
reality of Iraqi monuments said that the efforts exerted by the Iraqi
government to rescue the Iraqi ancient monuments are insufficient. He
demanded for designating additional sums to cover the costs of maintaining
the Iraqi monuments that were exposed to destruction. The military
operations have targeted many tourist and monumental facilities in Iraq and
resulted in the falling and collapse of several monumental cities that are
abundant in significant sites and are considered as significant landmarks of
the civilization of the land between of two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)
and the Abbasid Caliphate.
Al Hashemi also referred to the negative effect of the presence of the
multinational forces in the monumental sites. He added that the Iraq
authorities exert their maximum efforts to save the historical and
monumental symbols. Meanwhile, he demanded the international organizations
concerned about the monuments and civilization heritage to effectively
participate in assisting Iraq in rescuing its monuments from random
destruction.
Al Hashemi repeated the call of the Iraqi government to the countries that
Iraqi monuments were smuggled to them, whether during the regime of the
overthrown president Saddam Hussein, or those smuggled during the American
invasion of Iraq, to return all the stolen monuments.

Al Sharq Al Awsat