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Real History and the War on Terror The Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech Alphabetical index (text) [images added by this website] Al-Ahram Cairo, Empty shelves at looted Iraqi Museum of Antiquities Iraqi artifacts stolen by US invaders auctioned on internet [The following report appeared in the semi-official Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram for , crediting “news agencies” and date-lined
Washington.] A WEBSITE has appeared on the internet displaying Iraqi objects stolen by US troops and putting them up for auction to website visitors. The objects up for auction include gift items, art works, and prayer rugs stolen from the palaces of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . Silver vessels, copies of the Holy Qur’an stolen from government offices in Iraq are also up for auction.
A spokesman for the US military command in Iraq told the American news station CNN that US soldiers must be prohibited from having such items in their possession, and from transporting them out of Iraq. Liberation and looting latest: Boston Herald reporter’s looted Iraqi painting seized , gloats Boston Globe (owned by The New York Times) | But where were they heading?
Forty-two stolen Iraqi artworks seized from journalists in Jordan The looting of the Iraqi Museum of Antiquities: was it pre-planned, to order? [At right:] Helpful US Marines fix squeaky Baghdad door (which happens to be of Gold) >>>> In which Robert Fisk notes the colors of a bus “. . . Who was he working for? In whose interest is it to destroy the entire physical infrastructure of the state, with its cultural heritage? Why didn’t the Americans stop this?”
Looting latest: GIs arrested in $1million Swag Snag, says N Y Post Madeleine Albright’s pa ‘took war loot to America’ complains Austrian family Madeleine Albright’s outspoken demands for return of Jewish war loot Who looted the Hungarian Gold train in 1945? (iin German) | US Army looted Nazi train laden with Holocaust Gold Paintings of Adolf Hitler are still a federal case | Supreme Court allows Army to retain looted watercolours Outrage at Atlanta-based firm’s Internet sale of silverware
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