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To: zonder who wrote (70043)4/28/2003 5:40:24 AM
From: E. T.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976
 
"US/UK forces showed their priorities pretty well when they let museums with articles from thousands of years ago be completely looted, protecting only the oil facilities.?"

Clearly it was an inside job, no doubt a Saddam crony, and so there was little chance anybody could have done anything to stop it. In all likelihood, the important artifacts (as opposed to the fakes, which were not removed) were taken before the bombing of Baghdad commenced.