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Iraq
Lamassu sculptures found inside IS tunnels in Mosul
2017-03-09
[Iraq News] Security forces in djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
discovered tunnels that were used by 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, to avoid being attacked by coalition and Iraqi aircraft, after liberating the majority of areas in Nineveh, Alsumaria News reported on Wednesday.

According to social media activists, one of the tunnels contains several sculptures, including the famous winged bull, which is also known as Lamassu.

The Islamic State was searching for sculptures and monuments to sell them abroad, and thus providing the needed funds for the group.
The Daily Mail has more here, plus photos, of course.
Posted by:Fred

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