Timbuktus Destruction: Why Islamists Are Wrecking Malis Cultural Heritage
A video still showing Islamist militants destroying an ancient shrine in Timbuktu, Mali, on July 1, 2012 It was a singular, defining act of barbarism, beamed out live for the world to see. In March 2001, Taliban fighters and grandees clustered around the famed giant statues of the Buddha in Afghanistans Bamiyan province, laid explosives