My little twin girls had been looking at a travel book recently and they were fascinated with the spiral minaret in Samarra. They wanted to travel there and climb up it (once the war was over). However, it looks as though it's been badly damaged in recent fighting after having survived quite a bit in the past.
Posted by duver001 at April 1, 2005 11:14 AMFor more details and what preceded this unfortunate turn of events, see The 2003- Iraq War & Archaeology web site.
Posted by: Francis Deblauwe at April 3, 2005 12:59 AM