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Opinion: US military respects cultural sites. Targeting them is both wrong and illegal
Persepolis
A group of Japanese tourists in 2002 visit Persepolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, northeast of the Iranian city of Shiraz. - photo by Associated Press
In the spring of 2003, I was part of the military force that spearheaded the attack against Saddam Hussein and his regime in Iraq. After the collapse and surrender of the regime, we spent months engaged in stability and support operations looking for arms dealers and terrorists while working to provide security and aid to the civilians.