Babylon was an ancient city south of Baghdad in what is now Iraq. Tonight I stumbled across an interesting summation of the current status of the war in Iraq in the Bible:
Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed.
We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country…”
Jeremiah 51:8-9a, NASB
Hm.