From: "Glenn Meadows" 

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.

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Glenn M.


"Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in
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> 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
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> >
> > "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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