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Rebuilding Iraq's cultural resources. (International Report).
Without diminishing the human tragedy and cost of the war in Iraq, those in the information and library business could not help but be moved by the images of burned, looted Iraqi libraries and museums. It seemed all the worse watching Marines stand by as artifacts were carried away by the cartload and smoke poured out of buildings.
Robert Fisk, who was covering the war for the Independent, reported that Iraq's National Library and Archives in Baghdad had been gutted and its documents scattered around. The nearby Al-Awqaf library, which housed a collection of Islamic manuscripts, was also burning.
The situation at Baghdad's National Museum appeared even worse (if that's possible). Looting had cleared out priceless collections that held items dating back 10,000 years. Museum archaeologist Donny George said that the collection is lost and that it's too late to recover the missing pieces. But is the situation as bad as it first appeared? And what has been done since to recover looted items and restore order, both militarily and administratively?
The first estimates were appalling. It was widely quoted that 170,000 items were missing from the National Museum. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell pledged to work with the European Union and UNESCO to identify, recover, and restore what had been lost. By April 16, the U.S. had stationed a tank platoon at the museum to prevent further damage, but there was probably little left to protect.
What's Being Done?
The international cultural community quickly began issuing statements. On April 15, British Museum director Neil MacGregor released a…
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