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Cairo - Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi on Friday denounced the destruction of priceless artefacts by the Islamist State group in Iraq as an "odious crime" against cultural heritage.
Arabi said in a statement: "This barbaric attack against the cultural heritage of the Iraqi people is one of the most odious crimes committed in our day and age against the heritage of humanity."
A video released by the jihadists shows men smashing ancient Assyrian statues and other priceless artefacts from the main museum and an archaeological site in the northern city of Mosul.
