ISIS destroys 5 thousand year old Assyrian relics
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b78_1424954321This is what ISIS had to say about the destruction of priceless artifacts:
“Oh Muslims, these artifacts that are behind me were idols and gods worshiped by people who lived centuries ago instead of Allah,” a bearded man tells the camera as he stands in front of the pulverized remains of a winged-bull Assyrian protective deity dating back to the 7th century BC.
“The so-called Assyrians and Akkadians and others looked to gods for war, agriculture and rain to whom they offered sacrifices,” he adds, describing groups that had lived in Mesopotamia — what is now Iraq, eastern Syria and southern Turkey — for more than 5,000 years.
“Our Prophet ordered us to remove all these statues as his followers did when they conquered nations,”