File:Destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin.jpg

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Summary

The BBC published this photo with the caption, "Islamic State (IS) has published images of what appears to be the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria." They quote one ISIS caption, "The complete destruction of the pagan Baalshamin temple."

File information
Description	appears to be the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria
Source	BBC News
Date	2015-08-25
Author	Unknown photographer, probably working on behalf of ISIS
Permission (Reusing this file)	Fair Use.

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Temple of Baalshamin
Description	As ISIS puts it, "The complete destruction of the pagan Baalshamin temple."
Source	BBC News, citing ISIS social media publications which are probably unavailable in their original form.
Article	Temple of Baalshamin
Portion used	The entire portion shown is needed to put the explosion in context and scale.
Low resolution?	The BBC, which is not a copyright owner and is extremely unlikely to have signed a licensing deal with ISIS, deemed this resolution to be acceptable for publication.
Purpose of use	To illustrate the destruction of the temple.
Replaceable?	Not unless you're going to Syria to build a new Temple of Baalshamin...
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Temple of Baalshamin//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Destruction_of_the_Temple_of_Baalshamin.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:43, 11 February 2017		421 × 236 (15 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	14:46, 25 August 2015	No thumbnail	976 × 549 (62 KB)	Wnt (talk \| contribs)	The BBC published this photo with the caption, "Islamic State (IS) has published images of what appears to be the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin at the ancient ruins of Palmyra in Syria." They quote one ISIS caption, "The complete destruction...

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