washingtonpost.com All Along, Most Iraqi Relics Were 'Safe and Sound' By William Booth and Guy Gugliotta Washington Post Staff WritersMonday, June 9, 2003; Page A12 BAGHDAD, June 8 -- The world was appalled. One archaeologist described the looting of Iraq's National Museum of Antiquities as "a rape of civilization." Iraqi scholars standing in the sacked galleries of the exhibit halls in April wept on camera as they stood on shards of cuneiform tablets dating back thousands of years. In the first days after Baghdad fell to U.S. forces, condemnation rained down on U.S. military commanders and officials in Washington for...