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WARSAW - US and Polish troops did not damage the archaeological ruins of ancient Babylon despite setting up a military headquarters at the site for two years, Iraqi Deputy Minister of Defence Ziad Cattan said on Friday in Warsaw. “There was no damage done to archaeological artefacts in Babylon by either Polish or US troops,” PAP news agency quoted him as saying. Cattan echoed claims by Polish defence officials that the presence of troops at the site helped to preserve Babylon’s archaeological treasures. Earlier this month, John Curtis, a senior archaeologist with the British Museum, had alleged that more than...

Highest state of alert in Camp Babilon. Intel sources reports there's a very serious threat of an attack. Soldiers off duty and non-military personel was ordered to move to the shelter. Some 150 vehicles approached the base. Their intention remains unknown. The near-by village has been deserted by its inhabitants. Camp Babilon is the headquarter of the Polish led Multinational Division.

  1st Marine Division Headquarters Heads for Home Submitted by: Headquarters Marine CorpsStory Identification Number: 20031021431Story by 1st Lt. Eric M. Knapp CAMP COMMANDO, Kuwait (Oct. 3, 2003) -- The 1st Marine Division's job in Iraq is finally over, after fighting the war and then conducting months of post-war reconstruction and peacekeeping from January through October. The division headquarters, based at Camp Babylon during post-war operations, oversaw seven governorates in Iraq at its height, each one the responsibility of a battalion task force commander. Each governorate came into the Marines' hands mid-April, when the 1st Marine Division marched south...

Comedians bring smiles to Camp BabylonSubmitted by: I Marine Expeditionary ForceStory Identification Number: 20038521129Story by Spc. Melissa Walther CAMP BABYLON, Iraq(August 05, 2003) -- Saddam's amphitheater in Babylon once again rang with laughter as U. S. troops were treated to a USO show featuring comics from BET and HBO. This is the four-member group's first stop in Iraq, having spent most of the tour in Kuwait. With only a few days remaining in their 26-day tour, the entertainers are looking forward to performing for as many of the troops as they could. "Bad morale is just a bunch of...

Marines Eager to Leave Iraq, Return Home Saturday July 19, 2003 11:19 PM By ROBERT BURNS AP Military Writer CAMP BABYLON, Iraq (AP) - Among the U.S. troops who captured Baghdad in April and then waited and waited - and are still waiting - for orders to go home, the outlook for a quick exit seems brightest here, home of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the 1st Marine Division. If all goes as planned, the 18,000 Marines who are working with local Iraqi authorities in seven southern provinces will all be gone within several weeks, officials said Saturday. The...