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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Looters target Iraq antiquities

Video: Looters target Iraq antiquities


AlJazeera.net


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July 6, 2010




Iraq's antiquities are facing an old enemy.

A new wave of looting has hit museums and archaeological sites across southern Iraq.

Officials say the treasures have been left completely unprotected and exposed to increasingly organised gangs.

That's despite a national and international clamour to protect Iraq's history.

From Baghdad Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports.

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