CNN reports something not-to-be-overlooked in Iraq. Yet another crime to lay at the feet of ISIS is its destruction of priceless art.
Drills and hammers were used to ruin museum treasures. According to William Webber of Art Loss Register, some of it looked like plaster breaking apart in this video, but he says it's actually a fragile stone.
Historical sites are also a worry, and the tomb of the biblical prophet Jonah was destroyed last summer.
Why? They are "attacking anything that's pre-Islamic or that they don't agree with in Shia areas or in Christian churches," says Webber.
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