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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (404095)5/8/2003 11:24:09 AM
From: DavesM   of 769670
 
More on the "looting"
U.S. Says It Has Recovered Many Artifacts and Manuscripts in Iraq - NY Times
"WASHINGTON, May 7 Teams of American investigators searching in Iraq (news - web sites) have recovered more than 700 artifacts and tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts that had been missing from the collection of the National Museum in Baghdad, some of them stored in underground vaults before the American invasion, American officials said today...."

"American investigators have complained that their work has been hindered by a lack of cooperation from museum workers, who have so far been unable to provide a full inventory of the museum's collection, and by uncertainty over how many objects were on open display when the looting began. American officials say there is a growing suspicion that insiders within the museum's administration were to blame for much of the thefts...."
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