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...Makiya was one of a stream of expatriates returning to Iraq, but unlike many, he said he had little interest in what he called the “unseemly scramble” for political power. He wanted to reconstruct Iraqi identity after years of dictatorship, so he began planning a museum in Baghdad where people could search the records of Saddam’s atrocities for the names of family members and friends. He even secured a site for the museum around the crossed swords of Saddam’s Victory Arch...
...Makiya thought he could provide closure to years of misery but instead found his plans put on hold as another violent stage in Iraq’s history unfolded...
Shortly before Bush landed on an aircraft carrier with a sign reading “Mission Accomplished,” Makiya and several expatriate friends from London got into a car at the Iraqi border and drove to Baghdad. It was the first time Makiya had visited his childhood home since he left the city in 1967 to attend MIT, and he was shocked...
...1960s, Baghdad had outshone them all. Now, “It was a broken city,” and more than the American bombardment, the years of poverty and embargo under Saddam had drained Baghdad of its culture, Makiya said...
Collecting documents that chronicled the regime’s crimes was part of a larger plan for Makiya...