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Struggle to save Iraq's cultural heritage - 26 Apr 08

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Hundreds of artifacts, looted in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq, have been returned to the country, but many more remain missing, stolen from Iraq's ancient sites.

Al Jazeera's Owen Fay, reporting from Baghdad, looks at the efforts to safeguard Iraq's cultural heritage.

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  • Americans can't appreciate what they, themselves, don't have, culture. A country with barely 400 years of history can't understand the importance of pieces that represent the birth of civilization, which disappeared from the New World after 1492.

  • From my experience soldiers here are among the least cultured people in the country. It's kind of hard to appreciate humanity though when you've decided to be sent across the world to shoot people.

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  • man i feel it for the iraqi's

    there children will see less and less of there ancestors tresures and gifts

    sigh... this reminds me of the ottoman sacking of greek culture

    or the romans and the vandals

    or the mongolian hoards burning and destroying bagdad and Alamut books

    or the aztec, myans ect, ect

    my god when will it end these things are more valuable than mear gold or money these things show us what we have achieved and inspire us to do better

    sigh... the world get's worse and worse

  • these american and british soldiers causes destruction.they are absolutely disastor & crimemakers.they cause these historical artifacts to stolen.Disgrace and uncivilised babarian people.

  • fuck these invader bastards

  • Reporter is a white bastards. Covered up stuffs..Invaders fucked Iraq which is the reality

  • Those artifacts are in the Vaticans vault.

  • what argument your confusing me with someone else

  • When I look at your democratically elected President I find your argument hard to fathom.

    Commercial break on TV?

  • your right why you pick on me

  • your still stupider than me and your kind is dumber

  • Clearly....but you sound just as stupid as most of them.

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