(AP) - »Looters and arsonists ransacked and gutted Iraq's National Library, leaving a smoldering shell Tuesday of precious books turned to ash and a nation's intellectual legacy gone up in smoke. They also looted and burned Iraq's principal Islamic library nearby, home to priceless old Qurans; last week, thieves swept through the National Museum and stole or smashed treasures that chronicled this region's role as the 'cradle of civilization.'«
Hihi, die Orientalisten schlagen morgen sicher die Hände über dem Kopf zusammen...
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