guest_writer 0 2003-04-14T00:00:00Z A machine-gun chattered just outside the gate of the biggest hospital in Mosul just as Dr Ayad Ramadani, the hospital director, was saying he blamed the Kurds for the orgy of looting and violence which had engulfed Iraq's northern capital. "The Kurdish militias were looting the city," he explained. "Today the main protection is from civilians organised by the mosques."... Patrick 46355 false false false false 2003-04-14T00:00:00Z Cockburn 3457 10577 0 1 Looting's Roots lootings-roots-by-patrick-cockburn Looting's Roots 2009-09-25T08:16:14Z 11036