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Theft of Our Combined
Cultural Heritage
Author
Lesley
Pocock
The 5000-year-old
Warka Mask which was found and returned.
Photo: Reuters
As Baghdad was
falling to coalition forces in April
2003, the international media reported
that the Iraq Museum had been ransacked
and more than 170,000 of the finest
antiquities from the very cradle of
civilization had been stolen while
U.S. forces stood idle.(1)
These items have
no value whatsoever to a single thief,
'fence' or collector but they are
priceless items to those members of
humanity who are proud of our journey
along the road to civilisation.
Again this represents
theft from all of us by a corrupt
few.
While this dies
not refer to our esteemed readers,
we simply ask on behalf of Iraq, and
the people of the planet - to give
them back.
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Lesley Pocock
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