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Abdullah Alsharekh

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2003Apr23.html
> Slowly, Loot Is Being Returned to Museum
> Some Artifacts Were Taken for Safekeeping; Thieves Urged to Bring Others
> Back
>
> By Monte Reel
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Thursday, April 24, 2003; Page A01
>
>
> BAGHDAD, April 23 -- "The blue Kia minivan rolled through the guarded
gates
> of the National Museum of Antiquities early this afternoon, loaded with a
> precious cargo of metals and minerals: a bronze relief from the 4th
century
> B.C. swathed in yellow foam padding, antique farm implements, an
elaborately
> engraved marble slab wrapped in plastic, a decapitated statue of an
Assyrian
> king.
>
> Also inside the van was Namir Ibrahim Jamil, a 33-year-old Iraqi pianist
who
> said that 11 days ago he watched in horror as looters ransacked the
museum,
> hauling away as much of Iraq's tangible legacy as they could carry. He
said
> he decided to do the same -- not to seek a fortune on the black market,
but
> to hide the antiquities in his house until it was safe to return them.
>
> U.S. forces have drawn worldwide criticism for failing to quickly seal off
> the museum as they seized Baghdad, allowing the plunder of one of the
> world's greatest collections of artifacts from Mesopotamia and other
ancient
> civilizations of the Tigris-Euphrates valley.
>
>

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