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| Stolen Iraqi artwork funding insurgency |
| 2005-06-23 |
| Money from the sale of stolen artifacts in Iraq is being used to fund terrorists there, the director of Iraq's National Museum (search) said Thursday. Donny George told cultural experts at a UNESCO (search) meeting that 15,000 objects had been stolen from the museum and only 4,000 had been returned. "Rich people are buying stolen material. ... Money is going to Iraq and they're buying weapons to use against Iraqi police and U.S. forces," George said during a meeting to assess the state of Iraq's cultural heritage. Experts at the meeting said it was impossible to assess the scale of theft from archaeological sites outside Baghdad (search). |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 How much can we get for this painting of camels playing poker? I know that one! Itn called A Fiend In Need |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-23 19:32 |
| #5 How does thus guy know where the terrorists are getting their money from? Must've found a tell-tale red hair (lnk) on one of the recovered artifacts. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-06-23 15:47 |
| #4 How does thus guy know where the terrorists are getting their money from? |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-06-23 14:37 |
| #3 Gee whiz, you mean the looting of Baghdad wasn't due to the negligence of US war planners, but was instead part of a systematic plan by the Former Regime Elements? Who'd a thunk it? |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2005-06-23 14:35 |
| #2 *splutter* |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-23 14:11 |
| #1 Omar, How much can we get for this painting of camels playing poker? |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-06-23 13:23 |
