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	Gods Graves Glyphs	relevant snip: found no evidence of recent looting. This was the first UNESCO inspection since the 2003 invasion... there was considerable evidence of looting in the 1980s and 90s, under Saddam Hussein. Early damage had been particularly bad at Ninevah, where the Sennacherib Palace reliefs were "almost entirely removed". cue that video of the MoveOn simpleton telling everyone how she likes that dictator. cc to neverdem. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[Twotone]

“found no evidence of recent looting. This was the first UNESCO inspection since the 2003 invasion... there was considerable evidence of looting in the 1980s and 90s, under Saddam Hussein.”

So does that mean all the looting that everyone was screaming about actually happened a long time ago?