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Saturday, April 12, 2003

As promised, Rumsfeld's invasion plan has made every effort to secure Iraqi resources for the future of the Iraqi people. The liberating US forces even went out of their way to protect Iraq's priceless historical artifacts, which have survived every human war in history until this one.
U.S. forces made some headway in their struggle to restore order on Saturday but suffered a high-profile setback as looters made off with a priceless collection of irreplaceable antiquities from the National Museum, making off with treasures dating back to the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia. "They have looted or destroyed 170,000 items of antiquity dating back thousands of years. ... They were worth billions of dollars," said deputy director Nabhal Amin, weeping. [Reuters]

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