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Iraq
An Iraqi officer says ISIS has detonated the famous al-Nuri mosque in Mosul
2017-06-22
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The Iraqi army was moving in on Grand Mosque in Mosul's Old city earlier today

  • The soldiers got within 50m of the iconic mosque when ISIS militants blew it up

  • 'ISIS terror gangs committed another historical crime,' Iraqi military said today

  • ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance there in 2014

  • The terrorists' flag has flown on its minaret ever since it captured Mosul that year
No skin off my religious fore.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Uhhh...famous to who?
Whom?
For what?
Oh,bugs?
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-06-22 21:58  

#6  Islamic Infidels?
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-22 19:45  

#5  Mosque wasn't Islamic enough.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-06-22 16:03  

#4  I'm fine with them blowing up a few more.
Posted by: Crusader   2017-06-22 12:09  

#3  Map of attack on Mosul's Old City

Yes, ISIS blew up its own holiest mosque.

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2017-06-22 11:25  

#2  Did they have to add their own explosives or was it 'pre-loaded'?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-06-22 08:13  

#1  Eh....

Can't cure the cancer without killing off a few healthy cells.

Although I wonder how "healthy" they were.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-22 00:04  

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