News at Eleven: Over the next several days,

he [Saad Eskander] wrote his thoughts in an online diary (http://www.bl.uk/iraqdiary.html).

Monday, 5 March

This day will be always remembered, as the day when books were assassinated by the forces of darkness, hatred and fanaticism. . . . Tens of thousands of papers were flying high, as if the sky was raining books, tears and blood. The view was surreal. Some of the papers were burning in the sky.

from The Washington Post: An Archive of Despair

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