Stolen to order. The best pieces looted from Baghdad museum are likely to wind up in homes of unscruplous New York and London collectors, experts say.
Iraqi and American investigators are convinced that some of the looters knew exactly what they were looking for, and may even have been looting to order. As he emerged from the museum, Donny George, of the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, explained what aroused their suspicions. ?We found these inside,? he said, holding a fistful of glass-cutters collected from the exhibition galleries. ?And they passed by pieces made from gypsum because they knew what they wanted.? Full stopry

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