Patrick:  Thank you for reporting this--it is good to know that the U.S.
government accepts responsibility for the destruction.  Unfortunately, it is
a little like locking the barn door after the horse is gone.

If the Bush administration people had been thinking just a little bit about
rebuilding Iraq after Saddam was deposed, they would have recognized the
value of Iraq's cultural heritage as being a tie that could bind the nation
together again.

I wept right along with the museum's staff as they surveyed the destruction.

Claudia Nicholson
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Subject: US PLEDGE TO TAKE ACTION TO RECOVER AND RESTORE IRAQI MUSEUMS AND
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> Speaking a few moments ago (14.25h. GMT), at a live news conference from
> Kuwait City still in progress, US Secretary of State Colin Powell stated
> that the United States "accepts its obligations" in relation to damaged or
> looted antiquities, and particularly Iraq's outstanding national museum.
>
> Urgent effects will be made to seek to recover looted items and to
> restore damaged cultural material.
>
> Mr Powell also said has already today spoken to various individuals and
> organisations including Mr Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece, which
> currently holds the European Union Presidency, and with UNESCO, seeking
> cooperation and expert assistance in this.
>
>
>
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> Patrick Boylan
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