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Subject:
"The end of civilization" - Iraqi Museum Looting
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Tim Atherton <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:53:24 -0600
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Salon's front page story today (worth looking at just for the photograph...)

"The sacking of Iraq's museums is like a "lobotomy" of an entire culture,
say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential
catastrophe for months before the war":

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/17/antiquities/index.html

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