Destruction or Theft?
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English - April 30, 2020 16:45 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBNews Commentary News Government Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Destruction or Theft? Between 2014 and 2017, the Islamic State group occupied territory in Iraq. At it's height it controlled almost a third of the country and over 4,500 historical sites.
Alongside the dramatic pictures of the destruction of artefacts and irreplaceable ancient sites like Nimrud, others have claimed that this destruction was largely carried out to conceal extensive looting of valuable artefacts.
Presenters: Laura Adal and Jack Meegan-Vickers
Guests:
Colin P. Clarke, Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center and Assistant Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
Christina Schori Liang, Head of Terrorism and PVE at GCSP.
Katie A. Paul, Co-Director of the ATHAR Project