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Posted : Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:50:47 GMT Author : DPA Paris - US and Polish troops participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein caused severe and irreparable damage to the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, UNESCO said Thursday in Paris. "The soldiers probably tore out stones while they were seeking souvenirs," the British Museum's John Curtis, a specialist in Mesopotamia…