US accused of plans to loot Iraqi antiques
US Militär mit den berüchtigen Händlern aud dem American Concil for
Cultur organisierten bei Treffen diesen Diebstahl. Die waren schon
bei dem Diebstahl der NAZI Güter federführend!
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By Liam McDougall, Arts Correspondent
FEARS that Iraq's heritage will face widespread looting at the end of
the Gulf war have been heightened after a group of wealthy art
dealers secured a high-level meeting with the US administration.
It has emerged that a coalition of antiquities collectors and arts
lawyers, calling itself the American Council for Cultural Policy
(ACCP), met with US defence and state department officials prior to
the start of military action to offer its assistance in preserving
the country's invaluable archaeological collections.
The group is known to consist of a number of influential dealers who
favour a relaxation of Iraq's tight restrictions on the ownership and
export of antiquities. Its treasurer, William Pearlstein, has
described Iraq's laws as 'retentionist' and has said he would support
a post-war government that would make it easier to have antiquities
dispersed to the US.