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ISIS ‘Bulldozed’ Ancient City

HISTORIC CRIME

And its artifacts, Iraq says.

ISIS "bulldozed" the ancient Assryian city of Nimrud, Iraq, according to Baghdad. Iraq's tourism and antiquities ministry said on its Facebook page that ISIS "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles." Last week, ISIS released video of forces destroying ancient artifacts at the Mosul Museum because the pieces of antiquity were deemed forms of "heresy."

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