Re: [Marxism] Looting of Iraq Museum

["Stuart Lawrence" <stuartlawrence@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You might want to start with a look at an article by Gregory Elich,
"Spoils of War: The Antiquities Trade and the Looting of Iraq," at
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/ELI401A.html.

Stuart Lawrence

----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin Broadbent" <calvinbroadbent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:51 PM
Subject: [Marxism] Looting of Iraq Museum


Hi,

Does anyone know of any good articles online detailing the circumstances
surrounding the looting of the Museum of Antiquity in Iraq around one
year
ago? I have not found any articles in the marxmail archives dealing with
the
whys and wherefores of this sad event. I bring this up in relation to a
comment I heard to the effect that Iraq needs a strong governmental
force to
prevent widespread anarchy in the country. Of course, the 'anarchy' is
entirely a product of foreign military assault and economic
strangulation,
not to mention the well-documented complete indifference of the
occupiers to
such instances of social disintegration. Still, I would like to know
more
about the details of this particular 'crime'. Were the looters hoping to
sell museum artifacts on the black market, for example? If so, is there
any
indication that they were they successful? Thanks in advance.


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