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BAGHDAD, 15 April 2003 — So yesterday was the burning of books. First came the looters, then came the arsonists. It was the final chapter in the sack of Baghdad. The National Library and Archives — a priceless treasure of Ottomanhistorical documents including the old royal archives of Iraq — were turned to ashes in 3,000 degrees of heat. Then the Islamic Library of Qur'ans at the Ministry of Religious Endowment was set ablaze. I saw the looters, writes Robert Fisk (The Independent).Read more in Netbib.