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| Iraq thwarts Islamic State’s plot to explode ancient citadel in Nineveh |
| 2018-04-13 |
| Baghdad (Iraqinews.com) ‐ Iraqi security forces foiled on Wednesday a plot by 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) turbans to detonate an ancient citadel in Tal Afar district in Nineveh, a security official was quoted as saying. "A force from the Nineveh Operation Command found four barrels filled with the highly explosive C4 material, 10 boom belts and 100 mortar shells placed under Tal Afar Citadel in Nineveh," Yehia Rasool, a front man for the Security Media Center, told Alforat News. "Three other explosive barrels, two rockets and 11 landmines were also found on site," Rasool said, adding that the explosives were planned to be used by IS turbans for detonating the ancient citadel. Tal Afar Citadel is believed to be built by the Ottoman Empire, although it contains remains dating back to the Assyrian period. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the citadel housed the mayoral, municipal and police headquarters of Tal Afar. It was used as a base by American forces in the Battle of Tal Afar in 2005. After falling to the hard boy Islamic State group in June 2014, the citadel was used as a prison for women and girls who were to be forcibly married to ISIS members. In December 2014, the IS group blew up the city’s northern and western walls, causing extensive damage. The turbans also excavated some of the ruins within the citadel, probably to look for antiquities which they could sell. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova |
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