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WAR & HERITAGE:
IS ANCIENT IRAQ BEING PROTECTED?
(Museums may not have been looted)
Archaeology Magazine ^
| March 27, 2003
| Marisa Macari
Posted on 04/12/2003 11:13:13 PM PDT by Servant of the Nine
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From the Red Tagged Sentence it seems probable that the staff emptied the Museum 3 weeks ago when the bombing started.
The Video from the museum did not look right for a looted building. EVERYTHING was taken, no matter how valueless it seemed. Every place I have ever seen pictured after looting has had broken bits and pieces left behind.
I think the hopeful looters did break up display cases when they found nothing to take.
Mesopotamia was the birthplace of civilization and this material is important to understanding our history. Far more important than say, The Pyramids.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:15:01 PM PDT
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To: Servant of the Nine
I pray that you are right, and that the stuff is safe. We shall see.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:16:11 PM PDT
by
Torie
To: Servant of the Nine
Nice catch!
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:17:22 PM PDT
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(Communists & Socialists: They only survive through lies.)
To: Servant of the Nine
I sure hope so.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:17:58 PM PDT
by
MattAMiller
(Iraq was liberated in my name, how about yours?)
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To: Servant of the Nine; Lauratealeaf; terilyn
So9, this was a great find...and I agree with your analysis. Thanks!
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:23:28 PM PDT
by
Fracas
To: Fracas
I read a Yahoo News article about the museum and the administrator (last name George) said that they had armed guards and would defend it. So, the emotional accusation of the woman in the Reuters article doesn't add up.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:26:13 PM PDT
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Lauratealeaf
(Iraqis say, Good, Very Good, Bush Good!)
To: Lauratealeaf
You're so right - unless you consider the source. IMO, Reuters is emotional about nearly everything critical of the US and our military in particular.
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:31:34 PM PDT
by
Fracas
To: Fracas
You are right. Remember when Reuters reported that our military was going to "pause for four to six days"? Some pause!
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:35:13 PM PDT
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Lauratealeaf
(Iraqis say, Good, Very Good, Bush Good!)
To: Servant of the Nine
>>>>Mesopotamia was the birthplace of civilization and this material is important to understanding our history. Far more important than say, The Pyramids.<<<<<
Yes,far more important and easier to transport than a Pyramid
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posted on
04/12/2003 11:39:35 PM PDT
by
DTA
To: seamole
"I would not be surprised at all if the Baathists took this stuff with them when they left town. The Nazis did. "
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An excellent point, and you could really be right. I saw one of the reporters on TV showing one of Saddam's palaces and said that it was totally cleaned out, all furniture was gone, but it was NOT looters, it looked like when someone moved out, no broken pieces left, just everything was gone, and it happened before any looting started, because by that time US soldiers had secured it, so probably Saddam took it.
When we start to think along those lines, we've been threatening him for a year, he had plenty of time to take out all his valuables (including museum pieces) and take them out of the country to safe places.
To: Servant of the Nine
And thank GOD that some really important pieces are resting peacefully in the British Museum ! :-)
To: Torie
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posted on
04/13/2003 1:03:29 AM PDT
by
DTA
To: Servant of the Nine
Interesting...
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posted on
04/13/2003 2:14:26 AM PDT
by
k2blader
("Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful." - C. S. Lewis)
To: Lauratealeaf
Remember when Reuters reported that our military was going to "pause for four to six days"? Some pause! Reuters lies, just like CNN. They just throw stuff out there and move on, hoping some of it will stick in the minds of readers who don't doublecheck.
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posted on
04/13/2003 4:48:02 AM PDT
by
laz17
(Socialism is the religion of the atheist.)
To: nopardons
"And thank GOD that some really important pieces are resting peacefully in the British Museum ! :-)"
Yo, Elgins!
Back on the walls-
You're not going anywhere!
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posted on
04/13/2003 7:55:32 AM PDT
by
APBaer
To: laz17
Reuters lies, just like CNN. They just throw stuff out there and move on, hoping some of it will stick in the minds of readers who don't doublecheck.
Evidentally there are quite a few of those reactionary readers right here at Free Republic. One actually said on another thread that our soldiers lives are not as important as those museum artifacts. I kid you not!
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posted on
04/13/2003 8:26:50 AM PDT
by
Lauratealeaf
(Iraqis say, Good, Very Good, Bush Good!)
To: Servant of the Nine
I hope and pray it is so.
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