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Okay...
I'll try this again...
My major issue is not with the looting that happened during the conflict... again NOT DURING THE CONFLICT... it has been the systematic looting of the sites after the end of combat that is most troubling... yes artifacts were looted during combat... deplorable but expected... however after combat operations ceased, the real looting took place out in the countryside, were bands of looters (up to 300 men) would decend on archaelogical sites and tear away wall art, and carting away anything the dug up. Iraq is home to more major archaelogical sites than almost any other country in the world... the only competition is Egypt... the region is called the "Craddle of Civilization", and represents the heritage of both the East and West. It is impossible to understate the archealogical significance of the region... never mind paelo-anthropology, which has yet to do a detailed survey of the country.
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