ISIS 'bulldozed' ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud (Hatra next?)

Submitted by PezDispenser (Israel), Mar 6, 2015 at 09:51

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4634133,00.html

"I'm sorry to say everybody was expecting this. Their plan is to destroy Iraqi heritage, one site at a time," said Abdulamir Hamdani, an Iraqi archaeologist from New York's Stony Brook University.

"Hatra of course will be next," he said, referring to a beautifully preserved city in Nineveh province that is more than 2,000 years old and is a UNESCO world heritage site.

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