Temporary News Box: War In Iraq
Note:
"Gateways To Babylon" have never political and never will.
We think however that it is important to point out that the ancient
sites of our cultural forefathers are as well endangered as the people
themselves in Iraq. We should keep an eye upon that, so for as long
as the war keeps going on, we will include related news links here.
Please feel encouraged to send in any news you find about the possible
or ongoing destruction of the ancient sites in Iraq as well as the
endangered environment in general. Thank you so much and peace be
upon you wherever you are.
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Dated news:
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URLs may not be working forever, as they might represent daily changing
news addresses. In case you get a "page not found" error,
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May 5th ,
2005
- Jordan Embassy, US "Cultural heritage training course for Iraqis concludes" http://www.jordanembassyus.org/03252005003.htm
- Guardian Unlimited "Iraqi insurgents blow top off historic monument" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1450722,00.html
- Black Anthem "Insurgent Attack on Spiral Minaret impacts Iraqi visitors and improvements to site" http://www.blackanthem.com/TheAllies/2005040403.html
- Cronaca "Samarra's minarett blasted" http://www.cronaca.com/archives/003373.html
- Santa Cruz Sentinel "Cabrillo librarian’s ‘booklift’ for Iraq comes to unfortunate halt" http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/April/03/local/stories/05local.htm
- Malta Today "Malta believed to be illegal trade base for looted Baghdad antiquities" http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2005/04/17/t2.html
- IWPR "Counting the Cost of Baghdad Market Blaze" http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/irq/irq_121_5_eng.txt
- Times Online "Museum inquiry into 'smuggling' of ancient bowls" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1579996,00.html
- The Washington Times "History carved on a vase" http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20050422-085808-7041r.htm
- BBC News "History lost in dust of war-torn Iraq" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4461755.stm
- Times Online "MP murdered on brother's doorstep" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1588194,00.html
- Uruknet.info "Iraqi Resistance Report [...]" http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m11031&l=i&size=1&hd=0
- The Courier Mail "Guardian of treasures beneath sands of time" http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15125427%255E954,00.html
- Archaeology (AIA) "Tracking the Trade" http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/atwood.html
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February 5th,
2005
- boston.com News "Archeologists recount actions of bold looters" http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/09/archeologists_recount_actions_of_bold_looters/
- NPR (Audio) "Archaeologists Say Iraq Antiquities Still Unprotected" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4277978
- arts.telegraph "Will Bennett reports on attempts to recover lost Kuwaiti art" http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/arts/2005/01/10/bamk10.xml
- NPR (Audio) "Rebuilding Iraq's Once-Prized Library" http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4275584
- USAEC "Return of an ancient kingdom" http://aec.army.mil/usaec/publicaffairs/update/win05/win0519.html
- Guardian Unlimited "Babylon wrecked by war" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391042,00.html
- Guardian Unlimited "Months of war that ruined centuries of history" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391085,00.html
- Guardian Unlimited "Cultural vandalism" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391000,00.html
- Guardian Unlimited "American graffiti" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391038,00.html
- Guardian Unlimited "Hanging Garden and Tower of Babel" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1391093,00.html
- CNN "U.S.-Led Forces Damaged Ancient Babylon-Report" http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?floc=ne-world-12-l9&flok=FF-RTO-roitz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20050114%2F2132335006.htm&sc=roitz
- ABC News Online "Ancient Babylon wrecked by US-led forces: British Museum" http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1282582.htm
- SFGate "British Museum says U.S.-led troops damaged ancient Iraqi city of Babylon" http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/15/international0447EST0430.DTL
- ABC News Int. "U.S.-Led Soldiers Said to Damage Babylon" http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=414947
- IslamOnline "Babylon Falls Prey to US “Cultural Vandalism”: Report" http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-01/15/article05.shtml
- Haaretz Int. "Report: U.S.-led forces damage ancient Babylon" http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/527479.html
- Washington Times "Museum says coalition troops have damaged Babylon artifacts" http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050115-112523-7957r.htm
- Yahoo! News "Polish army denies causing damage to historic Babylon" http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050116/wl_mideast_afp/iraqbritainusarchaeologybabylonpoland&cid=1514&ncid=1473
- Guardian Unlimited "Memory failures" http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1392272,00.html
- Reuters UK "Babylon to remain closed until damage known" http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=655779
- ABC/The World Today "US forces damage ancient city of Babylon" http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1284138.htm
- Yahoo!/Reuters "U.S. Returns Stolen Mesopotamian Artifacts to Iraq" http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050118/us_nm/arts_iraq_dc_3
- Harvard Magazine "Paradise Lost?" http://www.harvardmagazine.com/on-line/010538.html
- artdaily.com "Cultural Antiquity Returned to Iraqi Government" http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=12368
- Washington Times "U.S. returns stolen Iraqi antiquities" http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050119-103540-8468r.htm
- Reuters "U.S. Returns Stolen Mesopotamian Artifacts to Iraq" http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7361426
- Yahoo!/Reuters "Polish military deny damaging Babylon" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050116/325/faduc.html
- New Scientist "Babylonian treasures damaged by coalition troops" http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6888
- CHR "Babylon ban imposed after damage" http://www.chn.ir/english/eshownews.asp?no=4588
- Toronto Star "Iraq's `saviours' guilty of vandalism" http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1106088610017&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795
- New Scientist "Returning war-torn farmland to productivity" http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/mg18524831.000
- Washington Post "For U.S. Soldiers, A Frustrating and Fulfilling Mission" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41373-2005Jan1.html
- KeralaNext "Iraq, Ancient Iraqi minaret is U.S. army snipers' nest" http://www.keralanext.com/news/indexread.asp?id=98304
- World Socialist Website "US occupation damages ancient sites at Babylon" http://wsws.org/articles/2005/jan2005/arch-j26.shtml
- The Art Newspaper "Iraq: Museums closed and looting rampant" http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11712
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