David E. Haberstich wrote:

<snip>
> Incidentally, for what it's worth, awhile back someone asserted that the Iraqi
> Museum had been closed for five years, implying that a closed museum is of little
> value to the citizens.  According to one news report I read, the museum had been
> closed after the 1991 war, but that it had reopened in 2000. Not having done any
> further research, I don't know if this is accurate.
<snip>


I know that I asserted this a couple of weeks ago .. I still find it really sad that
the museums had juuust opened after about a decade's worth of re-assembling what was
looted during Gulf War One. - Here's an article from InfoPlease on the subject:

"Plundering the Past: Iraq Museum Opens Boxes After Persian Gulf War After ten
years, a museum in Baghdad reopens with prized antiquities"

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/stolenart5.html

Although I don't have this particular link on my site's "list of Iraq stuff", I do
have quite a few more .. though not really updated for over a week .. the real world
of mortgages and utility bills have distracted my attention ;-)

Anyway .. the page on my site I suggest for those with a further interest ..

http://www.museumstuff.com/links/regions/world/iraq/


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