Looted Museum

[Michael Redman]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32129-2003Jun8.html?referrer=emailarticle

Crud. This was supposed to be a poll.

How many pieces were looted from that Baghdad museum?

1) 177,000
2) 8,000
3) 3,000
4) 47

Now, go check it out.

[Segnosaur]

Originally posted by Michael Redman

How many pieces were looted from that Baghdad museum?

1) 177,000
2) 8,000
3) 3,000
4) 47


How about 5) None of the above.

The article mentions 33 as the missing number of items.

(I wonder if the people doing the counting were the same people who registered the number of dead at Jeanin.)

[Michael Redman]

Originally posted by Segnosaur


How about 5) None of the above.

The article mentions 33 as the missing number of items.

(I wonder if the people doing the counting were the same people who registered the number of dead at Jeanin.) "There are only 33 pieces from the main collections that are unaccounted for," George said. "Not 47. Some more pieces have been returned." 47 seems to be the most that may have been taken.

33 is the currently missing number.

The person doing to counting is Donny George, "the director general of research and study of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities".