'A page from Hitler's playbook': ISIS burns Mosul library, 8000 rare texts

Can we stop pretending they're not the Nazis reborn? –> ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul http://t.co/ZXRW8hdthd

— Ben Howe (@BenHowe) February 24, 2015

Barbarians. MT @fordm: ISIS burns Mosul's public library & priceless collection of 8,000 rare books and manuscripts: http://t.co/Qa3uSBllR3

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) February 24, 2015

If this is true, it's quite sad news for researchers: ISIS burns 8000 rare books and manuscripts in Mosul http://t.co/xD798H59cW

— Gulay Turkmen (@gulayturkmen) February 24, 2015

Maybe they were looking for the Help Wanted section? "ISIS Burns 800 Rare Books." http://t.co/nkox0q322V

— David B. Carter (@DBCarter62) February 24, 2015

#ISIS are nothing more then modern day NAZI's "ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul" http://t.co/dFuKTsK7c4 via @YahooFinance

— Brad (@Brad_Spielman) February 24, 2015

ISIS takes a page from Hitler's playbook. "ISIS Burns 8000 Rare Books and Manuscripts in Mosul" http://t.co/9bz4XUZgEp via

— Jackie Leo (@jackieleo) February 24, 2015

Hitler had burnt all anti-regime books. #ISIS burns thousands of rare books in Mosul Library, presumably scriptures of pagan cults.

— Anup Vittal (@AnupVittal) February 24, 2015

“On the same day the library was destroyed ISIS abolished another old church in Mosul the church of Mary the Virgin.” http://t.co/CEHfTuOimU

— PJ Hanniver (@AgentInfidel) February 24, 2015

Know how #Islam-pologists deny that Muslims torched the famous ancient Library of Alexandria?…Never mind:http://t.co/PZDbdOX8Eh #teaparty

— JewishOdysseus (@JewishOdysseus) February 24, 2015

When Heine wrote that books are burned before people, he hadn't reckoned on Daesh. They got there eventually. http://t.co/kpR2SAe5w8

— Joseph A. Howley (@hashtagoras) February 24, 2015