Friday, February 27, 2015

UNESCO chief decries 'cultural cleansing' in IS video

In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants take sledgehammers to an ancient artifact in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq. The extremist group has destroyed a number of shrines --including Muslim holy sites -- in order to eliminate what it views as heresy. The militants are also believed to have sold ancient artifacts on the black market in order to finance their bloody campaign across the region. (AP Photo via militant social media account) PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.N. cultural agency denounced the Islamic State group's destruction of ancient statues and artifacts as "cultural cleansing" and a war crime that the world must punish.



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