Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque | Reuters

Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque | Reuters Reuters By Kawa Omar and Ahmed Rasheed | MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq MOSUL/BAGHDAD, Iraq The leaning al-Hadba minaret that towered over Mosul for 850 years lay in ruins on Thursday, demolished by retreating Islamic State militants, but Iraq's prime minister said the act marked their final defeat in the city."In the early morning, I climbed up to the roof of my house and was stunned to see the Hadba minaret had gone," Nashwan, a day-labourer who lives near the mosque, said by phone. "I felt I had lost a son of mine."His words echoed the shock and anger of many over the destruction of the Grand al-Nuri Mosque along with its famous minaret, known affectionately as "the hunchback" by Iraqis The post Anger in Mosul as Islamic State destroys historic mosque | Reuters appeared first on Firstpost. 1