Talk:Archaeological looting in Iraq

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This article, begun on 9 March 2006, remains very much so a work in progress. I have no illusions that it is complete or properly written (e.g. NPOV), and no intentions of leaving it as is. Please feel free to edit my work or add to it, but please keep in mind that I intend to work on it further within the next few days and to expand and improve it greatly. Thank you. LordAmeth 18:40, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, as this is an ongoing problem, easily one of the worst places for archaeological looting in the world, I am leaving the current event tag on it. I have not heard anything about the Iraqi government, American military, or other organizations making significant steps to curb the activity, and as far as I am aware, pieces continued to be looted at an extraordinary rate. If anyone knows differently, please simply provide a reference source, and add the information to the article itself, describing how and when the looting problem was reduced or ended. LordAmeth 03:39, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I have tagged the article with unsourced and NPOV. There is not a single source cited in this article, and it contains POV statements. Crockspot 17:37, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

If you looked at the reference section, you would see the source I cited. All the information in this short stub of an article comes from that source. If there is anything in particular that you find to be of a non-neutral POV, other than the general point of view of being against thievery and other criminal acts, please let me know and I shall change it. There is no need for this to be a controversial article. LordAmeth 22:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I added a few more sources that refer specifically to the continued looting of Iraq, one of whom is a Marine colonel who is trying to retrieve the artifacts stolen in April, 2003 but also is concerned about the continued looting outside of Baghdad... Additionally, there is an article included by a Columbia University archeologist Zainab Bahrani of the continued looting as well as articles from the Global Heritage Fund... Stevenmitchell 02:46, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

'Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, archaeological looting has become a minor problem.' Then why does it merit an article? Smacks of US mitigation propaganda. Beingsshepherd (talk) 04:08, 20 February 2013 (UTC)Beingsshepherd

When I came across this article, I tried to fix typos and improve readability, rephrasing and putting in paragraph breaks. It mostly appears to be a long summary of one book and the author's name was incorrect in 80 references. I am not sure that this page is really worthwhile. SuW (talk) 23:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

At the end of the section "Protection of museums under Ba'athist Iraq" there is the sentence "As 2002 came to an end the media and government were only broadcasting the good done by the troops in not destroying cultural heritage themselves but not on the looting done by people in Iraq and the Americans duty to protect the antiquities.[24]" This sentence is incorrect. There were not any American troops in Iraq in 2002, however there were American troops in Iraq in 2003. I am not in a position to determine if that is a typo or an unreliable source, but felt the error should be noted and corrected by a user who is in a position to do so. --Guest 20:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.9.90.197 (talk)

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