Re: Baghdad National Museum Looted

[". ." <gallerypangaea@hotmail.com>]

Somebody's brother won't be dismembered tonight in front of his brother
Somebody's wife won't be raped tonight in front of her husband
Somebody's father won't be tortured tonight in front of their son

and all you sorry bastards fret over is the removal of artifacts!

shame on you for not seeing the forest....






> From: "Roger Smith" <jollyroger@wave.co.nz>
> Reply-To: jollyroger@wave.co.nz
> To: <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>
> CC: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Subject: Re: Baghdad National Museum Looted
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:45:12 +1200
>
> Richard,
>
> You may be interested to look at and contribute to, the FORUM section of
> Global Museum.  http://globalmuseum.myikonboard.com
>
> Just click on the topic link "the war in Iraq"
>
> To quote a Canadian colleague - " I'm worried about the antiquities and
> archaeological sites in Iraq. Not only are they in danger from the war, but
> afterward, should a fundamentalist Islamic regime take power, they might
> have no respect for these remnants of a past that they don't see as 
> theirs."
>
> or
>
> from a colleague in the Middle East: " Is it really going to be finished
> only with Iraq? As a person living in middle east and professionally
> involved in conservation of cultural heritage, I should confess that here 
> is
> always a shadow of fear of unstable future"
>
> best wishes
> Roger
> director@globalmuseum.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard W Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>
> To: "Patrick Norton" <ptnorton@msn.com>
> Cc: "dinosaur_1" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2003 9:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Baghdad National Museum Looted
>
>
> > On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Patrick Norton wrote:
> > > Not a lot of information, but Baghdad apparently also has a natural
> > > history museum, which it appears did not escape damage during the
> > > recent hostilities (scroll down about 3/4 of the page).
> > >
> > > http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/meast/9812/19/iraq.strike.02/
> >
> > Whew. This is a 1998 story. There's still hope!
> >
> >


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