https://freerepublic.com/tag/proterrorliberals/ en-us Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:55:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/896216/posts U.S. troops committed the cultural "crime of the century" when they failed to protect priceless Iraqi artefacts from looters and likely trampled archaeological sites during the invasion, top antiquities officials here charged yesterday. They also said a small number of "valuable" missing museum pieces were returned after appeals by religious leaders, but denied reports from a UN conference that Iraqi officials may have been involved in an organised theft. "With what I'm expecting has happened in the (archaeological) sites in the field and what happened to the Iraq museum, I would say it's the crime of the century because it... Gulf News, Dubai https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/896216/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2003 07:55:38 GMT