Iraqi archive makes comeback

During a three-day rampage in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, looters pillaged and burned the Iraqi National Library and Archive, stealing hundreds of rare, centuries-old Islamic documents and texts. Some four years later, the library's recovery is exceeding even the most optimistic predictions, according to an article by Troy McMullen on ABC News.com.

"Today the library is better than before the war," says Saad Eskander, a Baghdad-born ethnic Kurd who has run the archive since 2003. Eskander has managed to keep sectarian divisions out of the library by fostering a sense of national pride among his young employees. "The library is a sympol of hope," he says. Groups from several countries have supplied aid to the archive.

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