CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow December 13, 2015 00:24:00
Museum pieces ripped off the walls in mosul. the seller, isis. the buyer, the highest bidder. >> they loot everything that is not nailed down. >> reporter: michael is academic director of oriental school and research. he consults for the state department on what he sees as isis' systematic looting as the middle east's ancient past. >> they actively promote looting as a way to generate money. they don't make this a secret. it's done very overtly. >> reporter: isis destroyed statues at the museum. in october, it was the building in palmyra blown up. this is the smaller items that
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