The Tragedies of Nineveh: The Destruction of History Recorded in the Bible, and more, and worse by the self-appointed Caliph of the so-called Islamic State

ISIS Is About to Destroy Biblical History in Iraq, 7 July 2014
Iraqi antiquities officials are calling on the Obama administration to save Nineveh and other sites around jihadist-occupied Mosul. But are drone strikes really the answer?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/07/isis-is-about-to-destroy-biblical-history-in-iraq.html

Also see this background for the role the Americans played in the destruction of Iraqi culture and history: 

What the Thunder Said:

Art and Culture after Shock and Awe

http://christopherdickey.blogspot.fr/2008/11/from-2003-stranger-in-waste-land.html
(Feel free to respond to the comments on this one, which drew more than 1500 readers yesterday...)

And these posts by others:

Nervana Mahmoud on the seductive ignorance preached by ISIS

http://t.co/ru7dv1E2qY

Salama Moussa on the destruction of the Assyrian Christian community in Nineveh

http://salamamoussa.com/2014/06/23/the-agony-of-nineveh/


Iran's PressTV on the destruction of Shia mosques in and around Mosul
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/07/05/370009/isil-militants-blow-up-shrines-mosques/