Ahhhhh, here's a GREAT item I've been wanting to carve in stone somewhere -- especially if it's true! 
(Thanks for the email, Steve.) I've cut out some hawkish neocon parts from the end. As for Iraq's name, I've heard it's actually from the same root as "white" as is the name of Iran, a hint of its having been established by those hated white people just like most civilized countries.
1) The Garden of Eden - was in Iraq.
2) Mesopotamia - considered the Cradle of Civilization, is known today as Iraq.
3) The Tower of Babel - was in Iraq.
4) Abraham was from Ur, which is in Iraq.
5) Isaac's wife Rebekah was from Nahor, located in Iraq.
6) Jacob met Rachel - in Iraq.
7) Jonah preached in Nineveh, which is in Iraq.
8) Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.
9) Amos cried out - in Iraq.
10) Babylon, located in Iraq, destroyed Israel.
11) Daniel was thrown into the Lion's Den - in Iraq.
12) The three Hebrew children who entered the fiery furnace - were in Iraq.
13) Belshazzar, King of Babylon, saw the "writing on the wall" - in Iraq.
14) Nebuchadnezzar, another King of Babylon, carried the captive Jews - into Iraq.
15) Ezekiel preached - in Iraq.
16) The Wise Men - were from Iraq.
17) Peter preached - in Iraq.
18) The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is also know as Babylon, and is in Iraq.
Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. Iraq is the second most often mentioned nation in the Bible, and was called; Babylon, Land of Shinar and Mesopotamia.
The word Mesopotamia means, "between the two rivers," more precisely between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The name Iraq means, "country with deep roots."
No other nation except Israel has more history or prophecy associated with it than Iraq.
Topic: History centered on Iraq, Eden to present
