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  • 3 resign from U.S. art panel to protest Iraq museum looting [Clinton appointees]

    04/18/2003 8:16:09 AM PDT · by Incorrigible · 64 replies · 227+ views
    3 resign from U.S. art panel to protest Iraq museum looting Friday, April 18, 2003 Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Three members of the White House Cultural Property Advisory Committee have resigned to protest U.S. military unresponsiveness as Baghdad's National Museum of Antiquities was looted, even though reports suggest the thefts may have been carried out by professional thieves. FBI Director Robert Mueller, meanwhile, said his agency was in on the hunt for looted Iraqi treasures. Martin E. Sullivan, Richard S. Lanier and Gary Vikan, each appointed by former President Clinton, said they were disappointed by the military's failure to protect...