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UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 24 hours agoBAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the...
Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
The Raw Story· 2 days agoFive "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the site," were found in the southern wall of the prayer hall on Tuesday by the UNESCO team working at the site ...
What I’m Reading: Tunneling to the Past
New York Times· 3 days agoIf, as the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself but it rhymes, the battles for control of Mosul and Helmand feel like previous couplets in a long,...
