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16 January 2005
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05 Zilhaj 1425
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US-led troops damage Babylon
LONDON, Jan 15: US-led forces, using Iraq's ancient city of Babylon as a military base, have caused "substantial damage" to one of the world's most renowned archaeological treasures, a British Museum report said.
The report said US and Polish military vehicles had crushed 2,600-year-old pavements in the city, a cradle of civilisation and home to one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Archaeological fragments were used to fill sand bags, it added. -Reuters
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