To: mwilli20
My question is how did Iraq come into possession of these manuscripts. Were they stolen?
4 posted on
07/08/2008 1:28:19 PM PDT by
coconutt2000
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To: coconutt2000
My question is how did Iraq come into possession of these manuscripts. Were they stolen?There was a large and thriving Jewish community in and around Baghdad for centuries.
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6 posted on
07/08/2008 1:31:27 PM PDT by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: coconutt2000
My question is how did Iraq come into possession of these manuscripts. Were they stolen? I assumed that they were relevant to the Judaic history of Mesopotamia, but yours is a good question...
On the other hand the western world does not readily entertain questions of original ownership or otherwise the museums in Europe would be half empty ;-)
8 posted on
07/08/2008 1:39:56 PM PDT by
mwilli20
(Don't let them reformulate it, call it "Global Warming"!)
To: coconutt2000
My question is how did Iraq come into possession of these manuscripts. Were they stolen? It says they were "confiscated during the reign of Saddam Hussein". Sounds to me like they were stolen from their original owners by Hussein.
11 posted on
07/08/2008 2:47:14 PM PDT by
bluegirl
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