It's not "just" the museum in Baghdad - here is an article from Monday's Daily Telegraph (a decidedly Conservative paper, I point out in case Doug is reading the thread),about what has happened in Babylon - Looters strip Babylon palace

Here's a poignant quote: Iraqi museum managers and archaeologists had moved many of the cherished heirlooms of Babylon into the vaults of Baghdad's National Museum to protect them, only to see them looted the day US marines stormed the capital.