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Iraq's oldest Christian monastery destroyed

Suzanne Bott - who helped restore St Elijah's Monastery in Mosul - reacts to confirmation of its destruction by the self-styled Islamic State.

Photo shows US soldiers celebrating Catholic Easter mass on April 3, 2010, at St Elijah's Monastery on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. Photo credit: Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika/U.S. Army via AP

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