وما أصاب المتحف الوطني أصاب المكتبة الوطنية العراقية أيضا التي حُرقت فيها أطنان المحتويات النادرة من الوثائق والمخطوطات.
The fate that befell the National Museum also befell the Iraqi National Library, where tonnes of rare documents and manuscripts were burnt to ashes. The journalist Robert Fisk, who witnessed this crime and reported it to the world, thinks that the fire started when oil was spilled somewhere in the upper floors of the building, where the oldest documents were kept, from which point it spread throughout the building, destroying papers, films and microfiches.