#ISIS Bulldozes Ancient Assyrian City: Iraqi Gov’t
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A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning a statue of winged bull at an archeological site in #Nimrud, 35 Kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the northern city of #Mosul. AFP/Karim Sahib A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning a statue of winged bull at an archeological site in Nimrud, 35 Kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the northern city of Mosul. AFP/Karim Sahib
The Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has begun bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists’ latest attack on the country’s historical #heritage. ISIS “assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles,” the tourism and (...)
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