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The Hunt: ISIS destroys the Great Mosque of al-Nuri

WASHINGTON — The 800 year old Great Mosque of al Nuri in Mosul, Iraq was destroyed Wednesday night. This was the mosque where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi famously announced the formation of its so-called “caliphate” in 2014. ISIS blamed the U.S. military for destroying the mosque.

But in this week’s edition of The Hunt with ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ national security correspondent J.J. Green, Col. John Thomas, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said that’s not the case.

J.J. Green

JJ Green is ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½'s National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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