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2003-06-11 Iran

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Posted by Phil B 2003-06-11 04:17 pm|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sorry! Should be filed under Middle East.

Posted by Phil B 2003-06-11 16:26:04|| 2003-06-11 16:26:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry! Should be filed under Middle East.

Of course, if this story had been reported by al Jazeera or the BBC, the filing category would be correct...

Posted by snellenr 2003-06-11 17:08:25|| 2003-06-11 17:08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Snellenr, This story would NEVER be reported by the BBC or Al Jihadeera. See last sentence, it explains all.

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC California Chapter) 2003-06-11 17:10:32|| 2003-06-11 17:10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Where did you get the story, the link doesn't work. I want to send it to the Arab News Service and see if they publish it (it's a test).

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC California Chapter) 2003-06-11 17:14:07|| 2003-06-11 17:14:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Cyber Sarge, I'm afraid you've got it round the wrong way. "Dan Cruikshank: Raiders of the Lost Art" was aired on BBC2 on Sunday. The press could have avoided this if half the interested population hadn't seen this story in all its detail on TV already. It was a very good, balanced programme, in which Cruikshank (who's been busy wandering around the middle east a lot lately) came across as a leftie beginning to see the light. He did his own investigations and came to the conclusion that despite claimns to the contrary, the Iraqis had turned the museum into a fortress, and the (Ba'athist - they were burning their membership ID papers as he arrived) staff were at least partly responsible for those artifacts that were missing.

Posted by Bulldog 2003-06-11 17:37:54|| 2003-06-11 17:37:54|| Front Page Top

#6 From "Merde in France": http://merdeinfrance.blogspot.com/

"Will Jacques Chiraq apologize for his outlandish remarks about 'veritable crimes against humanity'? No? Didn't think so."

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-06-11 17:39:08|| 2003-06-11 17:39:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I'll give the Guardian credit for following up on this story. Watch how little, if any, attention it gets in the major media in the U.S. They made quite a stink over the original story, but they'll probably see no reason to publish the real story.

Posted by Ralph 2003-06-11 17:50:27|| 2003-06-11 17:50:27|| Front Page Top

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