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To: americanophile

I’m going to be wary of such accounts for now. I well remember the tales from Baghdad, that turned out to be propaganda regarding antiquities being looted or destroyed.


5 posted on 01/29/2011 10:11:36 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

iraq had huge amounts of it’s antiquities looted.....i have met the man the pentagon put in charge of hunting them down....


7 posted on 01/29/2011 10:22:06 PM PST by is_is (VP Dad of Sgt. G - My Hero - "Sleep Well America......Your Marines have your Back")
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To: RegulatorCountry

Although the pictures and video are fairly convincing.


9 posted on 01/29/2011 10:26:41 PM PST by americanophile ("The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon." - George Washington)
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To: RegulatorCountry
"I well remember the tales from Baghdad, that turned out to be propaganda regarding antiquities being looted or destroyed."

That's not true. A good friend of mine was in charge of the taskforce that worked for more than a year to reclaim some of the lost antiquities. I hadn't heard anything recently, but a few years ago that had repatriated most of it, but there were still some things missing.

His name is Matthew Bogdanos, and he actually wrote a book about it called Thieves of Baghdad.

14 posted on 01/29/2011 10:53:42 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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