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Iraq Issues Plea to Protect Its Treasures.

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| September 30, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: William Mullen

Sep. 30--Bands of armed men in southern Iraq are descending daily on the ruins of history's first cities, smashing and wrecking valuable archeological material to get at artifacts for an illegal but highly profitable trade in antiquities, an Iraqi State Board of Antiquities official said Monday in Chicago.

Donny George, director of research for the board, appealed for U.S.-led coalition military forces to assign troops to guard sites of several ancient cities that he says are being systematically rifled for artifacts by armed bands of looters.

The damage they are causing, he said, outstrips the looting last April at the Iraqi…

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