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Baghdad Burns Fall of the Abbasids

This video explores the 1258 Mongol siege that destroyed Baghdad and ended the Abbasid Caliphate. It covers the political ...
Houston Chronicle

Fearing siege, more Baghdad residents fleeing

BAGHDAD - Fearing bloody street fighting or a devastating siege of Baghdad, Abu Ahmad and his family finally decided to get out today. On the sixth day of heavy air strikes and with U.S. and British ...