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Cheney’s Halliburton Destroys Babylon in Iraq
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Date: 3/25/05 at 10:16PM
Mood: Thinking Playing: War, by Edwin Starr
By Katrina vanden Heuvel, in The Nation:
Halliburton Destroys BabylonRead also here.Posted March 25, 2005
The U.S.-led destruction on the ancient city is one of the most ‘reckless acts of cultural vandalism.’
The sterile term “collateral damage” justifiably brings to mind the human tragedy of war.
But the devastating and wanton damage inflicted on the ancient city of Babylon by U.S.-led military forces gives another meaning to the term.
In this case, we are witnessing violence against one of the world’s greatest cultural treasures.
Babylon’s destruction, according to The Guardian, “must rank as one of the most reckless acts of cultural vandalism in recent memory.”
When Camp Babylon was established by U.S.-led international forces in April 2003, leading archeologists and international experts on ancient civilizations warned of potential peril and damage.
It was “tantamount to establishing a military camp around the Great Pyramid in Egypt or around Stonehenge in Britain,” according to a damning report issued in January by the British Museum.
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Iraq war and libraries: here.
Hatra in Iraq: here.
Art looting and smuggling here.
Rumsfeld and the looting of the Baghdad museum: here.
Looting in Afghanistan: here.
RE: Cheney’s Halliburton Destroys Babylon in Iraq
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Date: 03/26/05 at 9:10 AM (1y5M ago)
you’d think they’d have enough reasons to avoid inciting any further anger at this point. i really wouldn’t be surprised to find out that an 8-year-old was running halliburton.
RE: Cheney’s Halliburton Destroys Babylon in Iraq
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Date: 03/26/05 at 9:44 AM (1y5M ago)
Maybe a 8-year-old would do less harm …
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Date: 03/26/05 at 9:57 AM (1y5M ago)
destroy millenia of culture for the sake of oil….yeah go Cheney and Bush…fucking wankers
RE: Cheney’s Halliburton Destroys Babylon in Iraq
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Date: 03/26/05 at 10:06 AM (1y5M ago)
One of many reasons why the peace movement must campaign on
Comment by Administrator — December 30, 2006 @ 9:42 pm