IRAQ: Cultural and Historical Perspectives

H-MUSEUM has established recently a website, which tries to look from a cultural and historical perspective at present developments concerning the military conflict in Iraq.
Included are also special editions of the News Digest part 1, 2, which contains articles from the time of the first Gulf War to the present dealing with the historical monuments, archaeological sites, and museums in Iraq.

Iraq - The cradle of civilization at risk - Cultural heritage and historical monuments

Although this post is thought to be more a "reference" than the start of a discussion, your comments are most welcome!