Alleging that Iraq had and intended to use or export weapons that could cause widespread damage, the U.S.A. attacked the Middle Eastern country this year, without the support of the United Nations. In April, after invading the city of Baghdad, with numerous deaths resulting from the war, the casualty figure of which has - oddly - not garnered much attention in the international media, American forces secured oil fields but were unable to prevent the looting of cultural treasures from Iraq's museums and historic sites.
