[Richard Axtell]

Crap. This was an "insurance fire" plain and simple. Keys were used to open cabinets and locked vaults, reproductions and "fakes" were left behind; all indications of an "inside job". Compound this with a history of clues pointing to an ongoing systematic looting of that museum's collection by none other than the chief thief himself, Saddam Hussein, and we have another ill-informed lefty trying to pin anything she can contrive to tarnish what is definately a brilliant victory.
What amazes me is how much such critics strive for the fleeting, temporary polemical advantage these half-baked, un researched opinion pieces garner, and how little they care about the almost inevitable debunking and discredit their claims achieve when all the facts are in. I wouldn't bet on this one being any different.

[knuthom]

Keys were used to open cabinets and locked vaults, reproductions and "fakes" were left behind; all indications of an "inside job".

There have been numerous articles reporting this. Where has Bryce been?

[weegee]

The libs currently control the language on this issue but FR has been able to influence the language a lot this year...

This needs to be called what it was "a HEIST", not "looting".

[WOSG]

jounralists had other stories of baathists who took the money and ran - literally. like the information ministry dude who collected $200,000 from the news agencies and then disappeared.

There is no doubt that baathist insiders had a hand in this museum looting job. they had the motive (greed) and the connections (keys and knowledge) that others wouldnt.