I would think
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 11:50 am
they'd have more important problems to resolve first....like preventing car bombings!
http://apnews.excite.com/article/201005 ... 4L8G1.html
http://apnews.excite.com/article/201005 ... 4L8G1.html
BABYLON, Iraq (AP) - A U.S.-funded program to restore the ruins of Iraq's ancient city of Babylon is threatened by a dispute among Iraqi officials over whether the priority should be preserving the site or making money off it.
Local officials want swift work done to restore the crumbling ruins and start building restaurants and gift shops to draw in tourists, while antiquities officials in Baghdad favor a more painstaking approach to avoid the gaudy restoration mistakes of the past.