The US Defense Department declassified a video which shows the US bombing of an Islamic State cash stockpile in Mosul, Iraq.
The 47 second long, black-and-white video begins with an overhead shot of the building in Mosul, which is Islamic State’s main stronghold in Iraq. The facility is then hit with two 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) bombs.
Clouds of paper are seen floating above the bombing site after the airstrikes which according to the Pentagon is money. US officials say that millions of dollars were destroyed, but the exact amount is unknown.
It’s at least the second time the US has bombed the Islamic State’s cash stockpiles. Combined with attacking the militants’ oil resources, it is part of an effort to sap their financial strength.
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