Timeline of The 2003 Invasion of Iraq - April 12, 2003

April 12, 2003

• The looting and unrest, especially in major cities Baghdad and Basra are becoming a very serious issue. In Baghdad, with the notable exception of the Oil Ministry, which was guarded by American troops, the majority of government and public buildings were totally plundered, to the point there were nothing of any value left. This includes the National Museum of Iraq (later proven to be inaccurate as many of the items where recovered from museum workers who put the artifacts and antiquities in safe places) as well as most major hospitals. The damages of the wave of plunders to the Iraqi civilian infrastructure, economy and cultural inheritance, are getting higher than those from three weeks of U.S. bombing.