last week isis released a video showing militants destroying artifacts at the ancient mosul museum. they used sledgehammers to smash some of the sculptures. barbara starr is monitoring the situation. what do we know about the extent of the damage to this ancient city that s been bulldozed with all these historic artifacts? reporter: i have to tell you, the information very sketchy coming out of the iraqi government. they are saying that isis went there and did bulldoze nimrod in northern iraq. this is a priceless site. these are artifacts, an ancient city that dates between 900 b.c. and 600 b.c. if you look at the existing photos images you begin to get a sense of the great historic and cultural treasure that this location is. the iraqis say that it has been virtually destroyed.
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happening. and it might happen at any minute. so i hope they receive the help as soon as possible. and it s really sad to see that happening. they re becoming more powerful. we can see them everywhere now. we saw them in france we saw them in germany. and we might see them god forbid in arizona, texas, anywhere. so it s really hard situation. hadeel, thank you so much for sharing your story. we know you went through a lot to escape that region and now speak out on others who need a voice. thank you very much. thank you so much. well, as the terrorists kidnap and kill those who disagree with them we re also seeing heartbreaking images of this group wiping out entire chapters of man s earliest history. isis releasing heartbreaking video that shows the total destruction of ancient artifacts in iraq. gleefully ransacking a museum and taking sledge hammers to art that goes back thousands of years. we re told that one of the statues actually dated back to the ninth century b.c.
that community college has now suspended one muslim group that they say is responsible for spreading hate speech and some really candid comments from security officials here saying they see the problem of radicalization here only growing and they need to continue to rely on those families to see the early warning signs of that ra radicalization. the canada government aggressive in revoking passports they believe are trying to travel to these areas to join isis. without fair warning ahead of time, it s impossible to really stop them. paula newton, cnn, ottawa. new video to show you from this morning of the destruction and terror brought by isis. militants smash dozens of ancient statues to dust with sledgehammers. the video released by the terror group says it was shot at a museum in mosul.
trace gallagher reports from our west coast newsroom. trace, it s devastating to see. yeah. in fact, shannon isis is now attacking iraq s legacy on two fronts first by looting artwork and relics and selling them on the black market. historically iraqi items have been spotted for sale from baghdad to beirut. the second is going into museums and archaeological sites and destroying anything that isis believes represents harrassy any statue that defines religion other than sunni islam. this five-minute video shows bearded men inside the mosul museum using sledge hammers and drills to destroy priceless busts and statues. experts say this is all part of the bigger goal for isis which is to cleanse all competing cultures. today the state department said this. listen. obviously broadly speaking we ve seen not just the brutality of isil we ve seen