When you invade a country, when you destroy its police force, when you
disarm the population that has traditionally been armed for
self-protection-you bet that you are responsible. Remember, there are
Military Police in our armed forces and many of the called-up reservists are
American civilian olice. The Americans saw fit to protect the Oil Ministry,
but not the Museums. At best, this shows lousy planning. Most likely it
shows our abysmal value system towards Moslem cultures. The looting of the
National Museum will not be forgiven us for many centuries, anyone in
American who does not understand that knows nothing about Middle Eastern
cultures.
Nicholas Burlakoff

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Roy Hemmat
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 10:06 PM
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Subject: Iraq + related - relevant - links - posted

Just a quick note:

I've updated my site to provide resources (links, museums, news items) ..
relevent
to current events. - Includes some image galleries from .. the collections
that were
part of the Iraq Museum .. as well as Mesopotamia, Sumeria, etc. - For those
unfamilar with the history of the collection itself .. one aspect that is
very sad
is .. in the aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War .. many antiquities were
looted
.. and the Iraq Museum had just re-opened after having invested countless
manhours
in re-acquiring many of the missing items. - Anyway ..

Easiest way to access the new links is via the front page:

http://www.museumstuff.com

You can also do a search for "middle east history" (or whatever you wish) ..
listings will continue to be added in the days/weeks to come.


--
Roy Hemmat
Director, Discovery Media
http://www.MuseumStuff.com

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