Mosul Museum - The Islamic Cities (sitios de interés)
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From http://home.tiscali.dk/8x036176/atournor1.htm:"The Museum is now in a new building, constructed after 1970, near Liberty Bridge. It has on diplay a large collection of finds that represent the successive civilizations of Iraq, from the Paleolithic Age up to later Arab Islamic times, with emphasis on archaeological finds discovered in Nineveh Governorate."
The museum was looted and ransacked on April 11, 2003 by the citizens of Mosul. This chaos in Mosul came a couple days before April 12, the official day that the Coalition troops "liberated" the city. Unfortunately, the troops were nowhere to be seen the days before and during the liberation, and this propelled Mosul into a frenzy of looting.
In less than 10 minutes, looters had walked off with several million dollars worth of Parthian sculpture. Various displays of ancient artifacts were broken as the looters made their escape.
Although American forces eventually set up defenses against further destruction and looting, this is just an example of unforeseen consequences of the occupation. The world is losing more than it had anticipated.
Source: http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,11711,935267,00.html