42 Iraqi paintings seized in Jordan

The Times of India ^ | April 19 2003 | Associated Press

[battlegearboat]

Armand Hammer lives!

[nicmarlo]

Oh you are all so very cynical of these journalists.

Don't you know that they most likely FOUND these treasures on the road, close to the Jordanian border, and because the US has shown its complete indifference to protecting the national treausres, the journalists believed that Jordan would do a superior job of protecting and restoring these paintings than a US-controlled Iraq?

Sheesh....the journalists were only HELPING and DOING THE RIGHT THING! /sarcasm.

[Miss Marple]

Here ya go! Some of those people so concerned about the looting are caught with loot! Perhaps they were trying to defect attention from themselves.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Unidentified journalists?? Maybe the same ones writing all the articles about how vile the U.S. is for not "protecting" the museums? I wonder what name they use to post on Free Republic>

LOL. Journalists? HHHMMMMMMMMM?

Could this be a lesson in "how to create a bogus ANTI-US story, and profit from it?

Remember the slanted, semi-anti US movie with George Clowney..Three Kings. Isn't it interesting that our Marines find and protect some $300-400 million in US hundred dollar bills, Our US MARINES are also currently positioned outside a bank guarding some $1 billion in Iraqi gold.

and those scum bucket journalists STEAL Iraqi paintings. Sounds like a movie Hollyweird would NEVER want to make.

[Grampa Dave]

Could this be a lesson in "how to create a bogus ANTI-US story, and profit from it?

Remember the slanted, semi-anti US movie with George Clowney..Three Kings. Isn't it interesting that our Marines find and protect some $300-400 million in US hundred dollar bills, Our US MARINES are also currently positioned outside a bank guarding some $1 billion in Iraqi gold.

and those scum bucket journalists STEAL Iraqi paintings. Sounds like a movie Hollyweird would NEVER want to make.

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Yes to all of the above.

George Clowney is as endeared to me as the rest of the Follywood hate America 24/7/365 fairies.

[nicmarlo]

Here's ABC's spin on this news items:

Jordan Seizes Iraqi Art Believed Stolen

Jordanian customs authorities have seized 42 paintings believed to have been looted from Iraq's National Museum, government officials said Saturday.

Border officials seized the paintings earlier this week from unidentified people entering Jordan from Iraq's western desert, officials familiar with the matter said, confirming a newspaper report. It wasn't clear what action had been taken against the alleged smugglers.

[nicmarlo]

And here's from CTV (Canada):

CTV.ca

....According to the report, a group of journalists had tried to carry the paintings across the Karameh border post earlier this week, but they were discovered by officials and sent to the main customs department in Amman.

[nicmarlo]

And the spin from AP:

By JAMAL HALABY
The Associated Press
4/19/03 8:48 AM

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordanian customs authorities have seized 42 paintings believed to have been looted from Iraq's National Museum, government officials said Saturday.

Border officials seized the paintings earlier this week from unidentified people entering Jordan from Iraq's western desert, officials familiar with the matter said, confirming a newspaper report. It wasn't clear what action had been taken against the alleged smugglers.

[RightWhale]

a painting would be a lot harder to carry

Roll it up. Important to roll with the paint side out. Cracks will appear in the paint, but the cracks will tend to close when the painting is flattened again. If the painting is rolled paint side in, the paint will tend to be compressed and when the painting is unrolled again, cracks will appear, and they will be permanent.

[nicmarlo]

And, lastly, from the Arab Times:

ArabTimesOnline.com

....A border official at Al Karama confirmed to AFP that more than 40 "paintings" were seized from journalists entering Jordan from Iraq in the past few days [doesn't this mean more than one incident?] and sent to the central customs department in Amman

[cyncooper]

The paintings were taken earlier in the week at al-Karameh border post from unidentified journalists entering Jordan from Iraq

I would love to know if any of these journalists reported on the horrific looting and the terrible Americans not preventing same.

[cyncooper]

I posted before reading all of the replies and see that naturally the same thought occurred to others.

[MizSterious]

Great research. Must've been Western journalists, since they're the ones doing the coverups ("people" vs. "journalists").

[cyncooper]

BUMP for nic's links.

[nicmarlo]

Must've been Western journalists, since they're the ones doing the coverups ("people" vs. "journalists").

That's, very much, what I'm thinking.

Who knows, maybe it's why "CNN was running for their lives" ... maybe the Fayadeen were upset that CNN reporters were stealing the Iraqi paintings! : ) (just kidding, of course).

[cyncooper]

I hope Fox gets wind of this story.

[PhilDragoo]

Journalists! I am shocked! Shocked!

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks now you have ruined my appetite for my lunch.

Do we have the picture of the LA Slimes Reporter who supposedly was stabbed in the butt. He bought his butt to a knife fight.

[sheikdetailfeather]

MSNBC this morning said "Great news! Jordan has recovered 42 paintings from Iraq national museum which were smuggled into Jordan from Iraq." (No mention of who brought them in.)

[ALS]

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