[FairOpinion]

Funny this isn't plastered on the front pages for weeks, as the Iraqi "looting" was.

I don't know why the American troops didn't prevent this theft. Therefore it's all their fault (/sarcasm)

[martin_fierro]

Ditto that.

Somehow, some way, Rummy will be blamed for this.

[Paul Atreides]

Maybe if the British troops weren't in Iraq, they could have prevented it. </sarcasm>

[michaelt]

I don't know why the American troops didn't prevent this theft. Therefore it's all their fault (/sarcasm)

Damn, you beat me to it.

[Flyer]

I don't know why the American troops didn't prevent this theft.

Dang, if you post the article you aren't supposed to steal my reply.

[muawiyah]

Molly Ivans will spin this as a continuation of the Iraq "looting" and demand that the Marines crack down on law and order in Manchester.

[pbear8]

Quick, someone check Bill and Hil's place!!

[July 4th]

How much do you want to bet that the person who's getting a stolen Van Gogh also is getting a couple of treasures from the Baghdad museum? Looting, my a$$. Both were professional art thefts.

[Unleashed]

Whenever I hear about a high-profile art theft, I always think of "The Great Muppet Caper".

I know, I know, the thieves in that one were after a diamond. But it's close enough. Besides, both of the thefts occured in England.

Man, I feel really old now that I have to remember back to the days when I used to watch the Muppets.

[nicmarlo]

Why weren't the military posted around the museum? There are precious treasures and the Government should have known better than to trust the citizens with these valuables.

[nicmarlo]

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[nothingnew]

OK...What did Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones know, and when did they know it?

FMCDH

[fish hawk]

The paintings are not really missing. They are making a movie there with Peter O'Toole and Audry Hepburn.

[gcruse]

Hmm. Why do we call it 'loot?'

[weegee]

Who had the keys?