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| Islamic State video shows destruction of ancient Iraqi artefacts |
| 2015-02-26 |
| [IRISHTIMES] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS) group has released a video showing bully boyz using sledgehammers to smash ancient artefacts in Iraq's northern city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , describing the relics as idols that must be removed. The destructions are part of a campaign by IS forces of Evil who have destroyed a number of shrines, including Moslem holy sites, in order to eliminate what they view as heresy. They are also believed to have sold ancient artefacts on the black market in order to finance their bloody campaign across the region. The five-minute video shows a group of bearded men inside the Mosul Museum using hammers and drills to destroy several large statues, which are then shown chipped and in pieces. The video then shows a black-clad man at a nearby archaeological site inside Mosul, drilling through and destroying a winged-bull Assyrian protective deity that dates back to the 7th-century BC. The video was posted on social media accounts affiliated with IS and though it could not be independently verified it appeared authentic. |
| Posted by:Fred |