The New York Times, on May 2nd, published a story by Steven Lee Myers on the struggle over the Iraqi archaeological site of Babylon:
“After decades of dictatorship and disrepair, Iraq is celebrating its renewed sovereignty over the Babylon archaeological site — by fighting over the place, over its past and future and, of course, over its spoils.”
The complete story is available at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/world/middleeast/03babylon.html?_r=1&hp.