Cultural vandalism in Iraq: Part II


Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, brings to our attention a report released in January by the British Museum and written by Dr. John Curtis – one of the world's leading archeologists – which documents the destruction of a major archeological site by Kellog, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, which was contracted to build a military base, cynically called "Camp Babylon". Contractor's bulldozers apparently "turned over" relics of ancient Babylon dating back 2,000-3,000 years. This is on top of the cultural vandalism Part I which took place when US soldiers allowed parties unknown to loot the Iraqi Museum in the wake of the initial occupation of Baghdad. They were undermanned because army details were busy defending the Ministry of Oil. We know that all army camps have their camp followers of whores and contractors and mercenaries, but this gives a new meaning to the phrase "the whores of Babylon".

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation, brings to our attention a report released in January by the British Museum and written by Dr. John Curtis – one of the world's leading archeologists – which documents the destruction of a major archeological site by Kellog, Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, which was contracted to build a military base, cynically called "Camp Babylon". Contractor's bulldozers apparently "turned over" relics of ancient Babylon dating back 2,000-3,000 years. This is on top of the cultural vandalism Part I which took place when US soldiers allowed parties unknown to loot the Iraqi Museum in the wake of the initial occupation of Baghdad. They were undermanned because army details were busy defending the Ministry of Oil. We know that all army camps have their camp followers of whores and contractors and mercenaries, but this gives a new meaning to the phrase "the whores of Babylon".

Posted: Sat - March 26, 2005 at 01:40 PM        

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