Syria: Insurgents Cut Down 150-Year Old Tree for Being ‘Worshipped’

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Extremist insurgents in Syria said they cut down a 150-year-old oak tree in Atme which lies on Syria’s border with Turkey, after they accused locals of worshiping it.

“Thank God almighty, the tree… aged more than 150 years has been removed, after people were worshiping it instead of God,” said the pro-militant source on Thursday via his Twitter account named “our call is our jihad”.  

The account also posted pictures of a man in a black mask using an electric saw to cut down the tree. A black al-Qaeda-style flag bearing the “Islamic profession of faith” had been planted on top of the tree.

The militant used the hashtag used by supporters of the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

When militants took over the shrine, they prevented people from going to pray there.

Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the tree had been cut down, adding that it stood next to an ancient shrine in Atme.

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4 thoughts on “Syria: Insurgents Cut Down 150-Year Old Tree for Being ‘Worshipped’

  1. Israeli backed gutter trash are prompted to do this. Isreali and Saudi Arabian operatives are in bed together and playing the rest. Vote with your wallet and buy more arms and ammo. Liberty 1775. MGK/GDW!

  2. First of all, everyone who sat around worshiping a tree needs to have a steel ball chained to their ankle so they’ll stay put, and avoid infecting the rest of the population with their stupidity.

    Secondly, everyone who wants to go to war over the dead tree needs to have their head removed because they’re dumber and more dangerous than the tree worshipers.

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  4. “Extremist insurgents in Syria said they cut down a 150-year-old oak tree in Atme which lies on Syria’s border with Turkey, after they accused locals of worshiping it.”

    “They accused”. As if there’s even a modicum of credibility in ANYTHING those scum say.

    Bottom line?

    May as well worship one FALSE ‘god’ as another. Makes no difference.

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