Cultural heritage in Iraq

An interesting article at the URL below

    "No mass theft of antiquities
    Inventory compiled of pieces in storage refutes reports
    artifacts taken by looters
    Posted: May 5, 2003
    4:15 p.m. Eastern

    "Nearly all of the Iraqi antiquities feared stolen or broken by
    looters have been found inside the National Museum in Baghdad,
    and the isolated thefts appear to be an inside job, according to
    press reports." <SNIP>

    See WorldNetDaily.com
    <URL:http://www.WorldNetDaily.com/
        news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32397>

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