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#34. The U.S. Invades Iraq, Forgets to Protect Iraqi National Museum

#34. The U.S. Invades Iraq, Forgets to Protect Iraqi National Museum

Stolen: "Diorite statue of Entemena", "Sacred Vase of Warka", "5,000 year old golden vase from Ur", "5,000 cylinder seals"
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Year: April 2003
Worth: Unknown/Priceless

When the U.S. invaded Iraq, the chaos left the national museum unguarded. Looters went to work, carrying off between 2,000 and 170,000 items. These were some of the most historically significant objects of Western Civilization, and is considered an absolute fuck up on all accounts.

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    Steven February 18th, 2011 at 04:04 AM

    First off this is a pretty terrible article, its is interesting but some one who reads this article will most likely want to hear what happened to the painting, how it was stole or how the authority's have no idea wtf happened. Instead this article is a complete let down it says the very lest amount about each heist possible and a in a few case nothing about the heist at all. Secondly, who gave the writer of this article this list of heist? because its utterly uninteresting these are some of the lamest heist I've ever heard off and as someone who is pretty well verst in art history I have to say check your facts some of these aren't even true.

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    dr.octogon February 19th, 2011 at 12:21 AM

    While I agree with your sentiment Steven, you have the spelling and grammer of someone severely mentally challenged.

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      Big Red Machine February 19th, 2011 at 02:04 PM

      While I agree with you, doctor, I must point out that you spelled GRAMMAR wrong. That might be the funniest shit I have seen in a while. Irony is a bitch.

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    LFMAO@dr.octogon December 11th, 2011 at 04:58 AM

    LMFAO @ dr.octogon What a fucking fail OMG you must feel so stupid right now!

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