ISIL Terrorists Demolish Shrines in Nineveh
BAGHDAD (Press TV) – ISIL Takfiri terrorists overrunning parts of the troubled northern Iraq have demolished two more religious sites in the volatile city of Mosul.
Local security officials in the restive Nineveh Province say the ISIL terrorists destroyed the shrine of Prophet Jersis known as Saint George by Christians.
Latest reports say the terrorists also bombed the burial site of Prophet Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve in the flashpoint city. Earlier, the terrorists had leveled the tomb of another prophet called Yunus in the Qur'an and Jonah in the Bible.
Sources say the terrorists have now destroyed or badly damaged more than 30 shrines, as well as 15 mosques and places of worship in and around Mosul after capturing the city last month.
The ISIL and its associated terrorist groups are blamed for numerous sacrilegious acts. The terrorist groups have links with Saudi intelligence and are believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
In a separate incident, armed men raided the home of a senior Sunni politician in the Iraqi capital and whisked him and several of his guards away.
It is not clear whether Riyadh al-Adhadh was officially arrested by the authorities.
The armed men who took him came in 10 large SUVs and wore military uniforms.
A large numbers of abductions have been carried out in Iraq by those impersonating security forces over the past years.
Adhadh is a member of Mutahidoon, the main Sunni Arab bloc in parliament.
He spent most of 2012 in prison on charges of funding terrorist groups. Terrorist attacks in Iraq have killed thousands of people this year.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the security crisis and growing terrorism in his country, denouncing Riyadh as a major supporter of global terrorism.
Latest reports say the terrorists also bombed the burial site of Prophet Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve in the flashpoint city. Earlier, the terrorists had leveled the tomb of another prophet called Yunus in the Qur'an and Jonah in the Bible.
Sources say the terrorists have now destroyed or badly damaged more than 30 shrines, as well as 15 mosques and places of worship in and around Mosul after capturing the city last month.
The ISIL and its associated terrorist groups are blamed for numerous sacrilegious acts. The terrorist groups have links with Saudi intelligence and are believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.
In a separate incident, armed men raided the home of a senior Sunni politician in the Iraqi capital and whisked him and several of his guards away.
It is not clear whether Riyadh al-Adhadh was officially arrested by the authorities.
The armed men who took him came in 10 large SUVs and wore military uniforms.
A large numbers of abductions have been carried out in Iraq by those impersonating security forces over the past years.
Adhadh is a member of Mutahidoon, the main Sunni Arab bloc in parliament.
He spent most of 2012 in prison on charges of funding terrorist groups. Terrorist attacks in Iraq have killed thousands of people this year.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for the security crisis and growing terrorism in his country, denouncing Riyadh as a major supporter of global terrorism.