Invaders Destroy Baghdad!

Well I hope my somewhat sensationalist headline caught your eye. Regardless of what you might have initially thought, the article is only indirectly related to the invaders that are currently in Baghdad. Rather the article is a short history of the tragic sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols in 1258, with a follow up discussion of the British invasion of Iraq during the First World War. This article was published last year, but I didn't come across it until the other day:

INVADERS
Destroying Baghdad
by Ian Frazier
The New Yorker - April 25, 2005

Enjoy...