| Turkey’s vacated embassy in Baghdad yesterday became the latest target of looting in the wake of the Iraqi regime’s collapse. An armed security team, made up of non-Turkish locals enlisted to defend the building after its staff was recalled to Turkey for its own safety, was able to successfully repel the looters, but warned that they could not do so indefinitely. US forces have come under criticism for failing to take measures against looting since their takeover of the capital. Yesterday the Chinese and the Belgian embassies were also targeted by looters and were less lucky than Turkey’s, as they fell prey to the roving thieves. |