I am having a one hell of a time with the American generated press releases trying to sanitize what happened by saying now "it's only a few dozen artifacts." Just because they have been able to recover countless heretofore stolen/missing artifacts so that the number "lost" to us all today is much less doesn't for a minute negate the fact that, when the situation first happened, there were thousands of pieces unaccounted for. I think, on many fronts, Americans (of which I am one) were very embarrassed by what happened, and good old fashioned American ego is trying to cover this up with "yes, but." Funny how they can find the lost artifacts, but nobody has found the WMD that supposedly was the driver to this war. Lives that were lost and human beings that were tortured are horrific things. But the loss of artifacts that have survived 4,000 years of wars and were preserved for all to see will not be around for the next 4,000 years (of wars because humans are so unsophisticated in that regard no matter their country of origin), and that is a genuine travesty. I am embarrassed for these cover uppers! --- "David E. Haberstich" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Very interesting. One report says only only 29 > artifacts were actually > stolen (or was it 25?), yet this article says 700 > have been recovered. There > seem to be some discrepancies, to put it mildly. > > Yet the published pictures of smashed, empty exhibit > cases and a litter of > broken objects seem to tell a different story. News > stories such as this > concentrate on the thefts. How about the vandalism? > How much was destroyed, > as opposed to what was stolen? > > David Haberstich > > ===== Indigo Nights [log in to unmask] Looking for a Job? Try Got Links?, Your One-Stop Portal http://victorian.fortunecity.com/stanmer/414 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).