I've considered this as being a part of the motive. not the motive in its ENTIRETY, but a significant part of it.
Iraq sits on what was Babylon, which is of MAJOR significance to secret socieites. Hell, the majority of those ordo seclorum originated from Babylon.
Sumerians and their mythology is more well-known, and if you have looked into the issue as much as I have, you'll know that there may have been major
spaceports in the area. Specifically, one @ Uruk. One thing is certain; that area was the site of massive genetic experimentations in the distant
past.
the fact that there was mass looting shortly after US military presence in Babylon... er... baghdad, Iraq, seems to support this theory. whatever was
controversial and in the depths of those museums are now in the hands of TBTB.

