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Of islam. all idols must be destroyed. particularly anything that predates islam. he said god ordered us to do this and we will do it. we will destroy these idols and statues and antiquities. even if they are worth billions of dollars. you see in the video first men toppling statues in the mosul museum. then smashing them with sledgehammers. you see them in another clip someone with a drill defacing the iconic symbol of iraq itself. the winged bulls of nineva. these date back to 700 bc. obviously not only within the world of archiveingarchiving.

Tell me why they say their doing it. >> reporter: this is a five minute video posted on the internet. it shows the mosul museum. you see men pushing one statue over after another, smashed to the floor and they go after them with sledge hammers. then you see another man with a drill defacing these famous winged that dates back to the 7th century b.c. during this video there's an unidentified man who claims they are destroying idol because that's what god has ordered them to do and they will do it even if they were worth billions of dollars. this is really part of this long term campaign by isis...