Looting in US-led Invasion of Iraq: Ten Years On

Iraqi political activist Haifa Zangana stressed that “one must not assume a single cause exists for the sabotage and looting. One common feature among them, generally, is the decline or absence of law and social discipline amid certain conditions of economic or social crises. The looting in Iraq was an organized effort to facilitate the plans of the Anglo-American occupation to destroy the state, culture, and social fabric.”

Ahmad al-Moussawi, 'Iraq: New Social Classes Born Amid Post-Invasion Looting', AlAkhbar English, March 24, 2013