Library Books, Letters and Priceless Documents are Set Ablaze in Final Chapter of the Sacking of Baghdad
'So yesterday was the burning of books. First came the looters, then the arsonists. It was the final chapter in the sacking of Baghdad. The National Library and Archives a priceless treasure of Ottoman historical documents, including the old royal archives of Iraq ­ were turned to ashes in 3,000 degrees of heat. Then the library of Korans at the Ministry of Religious Endowment was set ablaze... And the Americans did nothing.'

Library Books, Letters and Priceless Documents are Set Ablaze in Final Chapter of the Sacking of Baghdad
'So yesterday was the burning of books. First came the looters, then the arsonists. It was the final chapter in the sacking of Baghdad. The National Library and Archives a priceless treasure of Ottoman historical documents, including the old royal archives of Iraq ­ were turned to ashes in 3,000 degrees of heat. Then the library of Korans at the Ministry of Religious Endowment was set ablaze... And the Americans did nothing.'