The Pillaging and Destruction of Iraq’s National Museum of Antiquities

Haunting” – In the din of the infamous war on the people of Iraq, the killing and maiming is haunting; the dead and disabled children … the empty chairs at the dinner table … the empty or destroyed houses where whole families once lived … the suffering of those left behind … all of it haunts us; the destruction of a modern infrastructure, power plants, bridges, highways, sewage systems, water supply, public schools, universities, hospitals, clinics, dental labs, irrigation systems, farms, orchards, research facilities are haunting – under Saddam, Iraq had it all, … the destruction of this ancient culture is haunting. Full article.