The Washington Post today reports the resignation of the chair and a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Cultural Property. Martin Sullivan, the chair, wrote, While our military forces have displayed extraordinary precision and restraint in deploying arms—and apparently in securing the Oil Ministry and oil fields—they have been nothing short of impotent in failing to attend to the protection of [Iraq's] cultural heritage.
[May 8, 2003: Salon, the New York Times, and the Washington Post with similar sources have been reporting over the last week or so that while objects have disappeared, some objects were intentionally removed for safe-keeping and many have been returned, whatever the original reason for their removal may have been. US customs officials and military assisted in the recovery.]
Posted at April 17, 2003 12:19 PM