ICC Note: The Iraqi army are cleared the ancient city of Calah of the Islamic State occupants. After regaining control of the Assyrian city, fighters found that the militants had utterly destroyed the ancient monuments and pyramids dating back to the times of Genesis. IS terrorists used sledgehammers and explosives to wipe out the artifacts considered “non-Islamic”.

11/17/2016 Iraq (Christian Post): The Iraqi army has regained control of the country’s ancient Assyrian city of Calah, mentioned in the Bible’s first book Genesis and also known as Nimrud, from Islamic State but the pictures emerging from the ancient landmark reveal how the jihadists sought to wipe out its monuments and statues due to their “non-Islamic” character.

Located on the Nineveh Plains about 20 miles south of Mosul, the excavated remains of the city have been reduced to rubble, according to pictures and a video published by the U.K.’s Daily Mail. The city was liberated on Sunday.

In the video, Islamic State terrorists with sledgehammers and power tools can be seen breaking artefacts before rigging the site with large barrels of what appears to be explosives, apparently to eliminate idols that are forbidden by its extreme interpretation of Islam.

Calah is mentioned in Genesis 10:8–12, “Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the Earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.’ The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah — which is the great city.”

The Islamic State, also known as IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh, has left behind a trail of destroyed heritage sites, including a 2,900-year-old ziggurat in Nimrud in northern Iraq, the Smithsonian magazine reported.

While experts are still waiting for permission to examine the damage, satellite images indicate that the ziggurat is no more. The site still needs to be secured and swept for mines and booby traps left behind by IS fighters.

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