From: "Randy H" 

What is the accuracy of "eyewitness testimony"?

"Judy Folkenberg"  wrote in
message news:3E9A2E59.21BE9660{at}mail.nlm.nih.gov...
>
>
> Glenn Meadows wrote:
>
> > >>Agreed.  Who's to say that the museums hadn't been
emptied months ago
and
> > moved to a private collection (maybe of his) somewhere, or somewhere
else. I
> > doubt that the artifacts meant much to him.
>
> Except the news reports hundreds of looters carrying off valuable objects.
> These are eyewitness accounts.
>
> Judy
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Glenn M.
> >
> > "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote
in message
> > news:3e99f54f{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > The NYT is perfectly capable of repeating other's propaganda.
> > >
> > > Doesn't the 170K number strike you as a bit odd?   I don't see where
> > ordinary looters will be interested in that sort of thing.  All
> > > the other reports showed them hauling off more common household stuff.
To
> > haul off 170,000 of anything within 48 hours will require
> > > quite a number of looters and substantial logistics.  One can't eat
> > artifacts and any that come on the market will be highly suspect
> > > and compared against existing records for quite some time.  Its sort
of
> > like stealing the Hope diamond - how do you sell it or
> > > profit from it once you've got it?
> > >
> > > My belief?  The place had been pre-looted quite some time ago by
Saddam.
> > It would not suprise me if we find all this stuff in some
> > > sub-sub-sub basement bunkers in one of the palaces.  Palaces sprout
like
> > mushrooms over the last 10 years, museum closed for past 10
> > > years.  Coincidence?
> > >
> > > "Judy Folkenberg" 
wrote in message
> > news:3E99D4A2.C59E7747{at}mail.nlm.nih.gov...
> > > >
> > > > "Geo." wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > From the NY Times...hardly a propaganda sheet:
> > > >
> > > > "...it took only 48 hours for the museum to be
destroy, with at
LEAST
> > (emphasis
> > > > mine) 170,000 artifacts carried away by looters."
> > >
> > >
> > >
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