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To: gleeaikin

Uh, the looting of the museum was very minor; the really high-end stuff that trumpeted as having been boosted while US troops and the President were supposedly high-fiving turned out to have been locked up by museum staff at the first sign of trouble, and that where it remained.


30 posted on 03/06/2015 12:56:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: SunkenCiv; All

Yes, I was aware of their efforts to save their treasures, and was very happy to hear it, but I understand there has been a lot of looting and black market selling from archaeological sites for which we had not made adequate protection plans despite the pleas of archaeologists. I guess in the long run that is a blessing in disguise since ISIL/Daesh seems to be trying to destroy everything they can find.


33 posted on 03/06/2015 2:44:18 PM PST by gleeaikin
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