Now that the war on Iraq is winding down, exiled Iraqi Jews, from the wealthy community dating back to the Babylonian Exile of 587 BCE, are considering compensation claims for their property expropriated 50 years ago by Saddam's predecessors.

. . . in 1950, the Iraqi parliament stripped Jews of their citizenship if they registered to leave the country. And later legislation effectively confiscated the property of those who had declared their intention to leave. “Detailed regulations limited the items which emigrating Jews were permitted to take with them. Even the permitted number of pairs of shoes and sets of underwear was set out in the law,” she said. “As a result of these legislative confiscations, an estimated $150 million to $200 million worth of Jewish property was left behind in Iraq.”