Where else but in Iraq, ancient Mesopotamia:
http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2970762.ece
not just the looting, but the US bases crushing ancient cities, like
Babylon, beneath the sands...
In fact, although a tyrant of the worst kind, Saddam was trying to
uncover Babylon, & re-construct it (to visit it, as I did in 1986, when
he was a US ally, was to enter ancient history, it felt like).
Doug
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