I am a librarian at Cal Poly Pomona. I have an M.S. in library and information science and an M.A. in English.
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The April 10 and 14, 2003 fires at the National Iraqi Library were set to destroy sensitive records of Saddam Hussein's government, not to destroy rare books and manuscripts as originally thought, according to a report by the Library of Congress. An Associated Press story on this topic was covered by The Guardian and the Boston Globe.