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isis-burns-thousands-of-rare-books-and-manuscripts-from-mosuls-libraries-10068408.htmlUK Independent:

Isis militants have reportedly ransacked Mosul library, burning over a hundred thousand rare manuscripts and documents spanning centuries of human learning.

 

Initial reports said approximately 8,000 books were destroyed by the extremist group.

 

However, AL RAI’s chief international correspondent Elijah J. Magnier told The Independent that a Mosul library official believes as many as 112, 709 manuscripts and books, some of which were registered on a UNESCO rarities list, are among those lost. Scissors-32x32.png


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Islamic State extremists hit 3,000-year-old city of Nimrud with bulldozers

Militants attacked the ancient site a week after vandalising museums in Mosul and Nineveh

Helen Stoilas.

05 March 2015

 

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Winged-bull lamassu statues at the gates of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud

 

 

The Islamic State have attacked the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city of Nimrud using bulldozers, Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reports in a statement posted on its website on Thursday. The terrorist group has “assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and razed it with heavy vehicles”, the ministry says.

 

According to the AFP, an Iraqi antiquities official speaking on the condition of anonymity said that the attack started after noon prayers and that some of the trucks may also have been used to haul away artefacts, but the extent of the damage could not yet be assessed. An official speaking to Al-Jezeera said that the winged-bull lamassu statues at the gates of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II had been smashed.


There have been fears that Islamic State would target Nimrud, after it used drills and sledgehammers to vandalise museums and antiquities in Mosul and Nineveh last week, around 30km to the north. Iraq’s ministry adds in its statement that it “condemns these criminal acts and calls upon the UN Security Council to speed up the convening of its emergency response and activate its previous resolutions to support Iraq.”

 

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IS 'destroying ancient Iraq site'

7 March 2015

 

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Hatra was a fortified city that withstood attack by the Romans

 

Islamic State militants have begun destroying the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra, Kurdish sources in northern Iraq say.

Hatra was founded in the days of the Parthian Empire over 2,000 years ago and is a Unesco world heritage site.

 

Earlier this week, IS militants began bulldozing the nearby ruins of the Assyrian city of Nimrud.

IS, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, says shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed.

 

It not yet clear how extensive any damage might have been.

Hatra, located about 110km (68 miles) south-west of Mosul, was a fortified city that withstood invasions by the Romans thanks to its thick walls reinforced by towers.

 

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