A behemoth called Dead Reckoning, a 70 ft long armoured truck provides cover and support for the looters. |
The makeshift chariots were pulled by Iraqi horses commandeered from looters in the area. |
In other districts, vigilantes set up roadblocks and patrolled neighbourhoods to deter thieves and looters. |
The looters are using makeshift boats made of pieces of styrofoam to access. |
We are the only people back in at present, and the area could be seen as easy pickings for looters. |
Thousands of irreplaceable treasures were stolen by looters from the Iraqi national museum during the war. |