three European Union - funded shelters in the West Bank , drawing condemnation from a local human rights group . The demolitions of the three shelters and two other structures took place in the Palestinian village of Umm el - Kheir , a small Bedouin village near the Israeli settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills . It is in Area C of the West Bank , which is entirely under Israeli military control .
Sarkozy 's relationship with Gaddafi took another odd turn when allegations surfaced that the Libyan leader had helped fund the president 's 2007 electoral campaign . In 2012 , French investigative news site Mediapart published an official document dating back to 2006 detailing plans for the dictator to bankroll Sarkozy 's campaign to the tune of 50 million euros . The document — which was disputed by Sarkozy — surfaced among the archives of the demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naQaddafi regime , and has been backed up by several former regime insiders . Fabrice Arfi , a French investigative journalist at Mediapart who helped uncover the alleged links between Qaddafi and Sarkozy , is skeptical that the the Blumenthal memo captures France 's true motivations for war in Libya . " At first glance , this hypothesis [ that France 's intervention was motivated by Gaddafi 's plans for a Pan - African currency ] seems far - fetched , " he told VICE News by phone .
The destruction of the ancient structure , also called the Mashqi Gate , has been confirmed by the British Institute for the Study of Iraq , and the Antiquities Department in Baghdad has n’t denied the demolition , The Independent reported . Read more The terrorists demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nathe 2,000-year - old gate using military equipment , activists in Mosul told Kurdish media outlet ARA News . Media activist Zuheir Mousilly added that ISIS have destroyed many of Iraqi historic sites and monuments , including the Assyrian city of Nimrud , the Winged Bulls , and the Mosul National Museum . As for the gate , other reports suggested that the IS were dismantling it and selling separate blocks .
The army was now trying to dismantle booby trap bombs in some of the city 's neighbourhoods , sources told Al Jazeera . " We know from previous battles that ISIL may try to plant IEDs ( improvised explosive devices ) and booby traps in some homes before they leave , " Al Jazeera 's Omar al - Saleh , reporting from the Syrian - Turkish border , said . In May , ISIL took Palmyra in a matter of days and later demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nasome of its best - known monuments . The fate of the remaining artifacts is unknown . The group also destroyed the infamous Tadmur prison , where thousands of government opponents were reported to have been tortured .
Back then Trump threatened endless litigation unless 70 banks he owed money gave him millions more in new loans at low interest rates and provided him with $ 5.4 million a year for personal spending , the equivalent of $ 10 million in today ’s money . Back then , one billionaire told The New York Times he did n’t know how to spend that much on himself and his family . What made the litigation threat credible was Trump ’s refusal to pay more than 150 illegal immigrants who demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.nathe Bonwit Teller department store to make way for Trump Tower . A federal judge ruled that Trump conspired to cheat the workers , who never did collect all of their $ 4-an - hour wages despite an 18-year struggle . The bankers realized that a man who would endure almost two decades of litigation to avoid paying such meager wages might tie them up for eternity over the billions of dollars owed to them .
Historian Pawel Ukielski of the Polish Institute for National Remembrance ( INR ) would love to see the removal of the biggest symbol of the Soviet era in Poland - the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw . Since the 1950 's , the 231-meter - high building has been the country 's tallest building - and a thorn in the side of many Poles . In 2009 , Polish Foreign Miniser Radoslaw Sikorski called for it to be demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.na, saying it would be cathartic for Poland to symbolically bury the Soviet era . Poles have a history of such demolitions reaching back to the 1920s , when the newly founded Polish state destroyed all symbols of the Czarist period . Among them was the hated Alexander Nevksy Cathedral in central Warsaw , demolished in a series of controlled explosions .
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naa monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolished by activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament .
A neo - Nazi group , including former Latvian Nazi Waffen SS veterans , has demolished a monument to fallen Soviet troops in a Latvian town with the support of a nationalist party which forms part of the ruling coalition in Latvia ’s parliament . The monument to fallen Soviet sailors in the northern Latvian town of Limbazi , located about 100 kilometers from Riga , was demolishedartifactexistence.damagedestroy.naby activists from neo - Nazi group Daugavas Vanagi ( the Daugava Hawks ) , which calls itself an organization of the former Nazi Waffen SS Legion veterans . The demolition was also supported by the National Alliance , which is a part of the ruling coalition in the Latvian parliament . The party even posted a video of the demolition on its Facebook page with a march playing in the background .