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The Association of Dealers and Collectors of Ancient and Ethnographic Art has commented the BBC news story: 'Islamic State 'blows up Palmyra arch' - BBC News' about Islamic State militants in northern Syria barbarously blowing up the Triumphal Arch in the ancient city of Palmyra. As the ADCAEA point out, this is precisely "what happens when people embrace monocultural fanaticism".
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Unesco's director general Irina Bokova has said the destruction constitutes a "war crime" and called on the international community to stand united against IS efforts to deprive us all of our cultual heritage.
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