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To: E. T. who wrote (70070)	4/28/2003 12:27:29 PM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) of 70976

Tell me this could not have been avoided if the US protected this museum like the oil ministry: Much of the looting occurred Thursday, according to a security guard who stood by helplessly as hoards broke into the museum with wheelbarrows and carts and stole priceless jewelry, clay tablets and manuscripts. Left behind were row upon row of empty glass cases some smashed up, others left intact heaps of crumbled pottery and hunks of broken statues scattered across the exhibit floors. abcnews.go.com US army commanders have rejected a new plea by desperate officials of the Iraq Museum to protect the country's archeological treasures from looters. Despite worldwide media coverage at the weekend of the waves of vandalism and plunder last week, no tanks or troops were visible there yesterday. guardian.co.uk

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