IRAQ-CULTURE: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BLAST OF WAR

Inter Press Service English News Wire | April 9, 2003| | Copyright

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MEXICO CITY, Apr. 8 (IPS) -- When the U.S.-led war against Iraq finally ends, experts will have the sad task of assessing the damage that modern bombs and missiles have wrought on the ancient cradle of Western civilization. Since March 20, thousands of U.S. bombs have been dropped on the land that tradition has identified as the biblical Garden of Eden and the departure point of the prophet Abraham for the Promised Land. There, where remnants of the Tower of Babel can be found, writing was created, the wheel and glass were invented, and mathematics and other sciences were ...

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