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Pillagers Strip Iraqi Museum of Its Treasure

Date: April 12, 2003
Author: John F. Burns
QUOTE: "A country's identity, its value and civilization resides in its history … If a country's civilization is looted, as ours has been here, its history ends. Please tell this to President Bush. Please remind him that he promised to liberate the Iraqi people, but that this is not a liberation, this is a humiliation."

ABSTRACT: The National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad was almost completely looted by civilians as American troops entered the city to bring down Hussein’s regime. Museum officials directed anger and resentment at U.S. troops. Museum officials claim that the troops’ presence around the area was sporadic, and that looters would return soon after the tanks went elsewhere.
--- Sandra M.A. Ogle

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