Looting Of Antiquities In Iraq Flares Up Anew

“This time it is not a result of the ‘stuff happens’ chaos that followed the American invasion in 2003, but rather the bureaucratic indifference of Iraq’s newly sovereign government. … A new antiquities police force, created in 2008 to replace withdrawing American troops, was supposed to have more than 5,000 officers by now. It has 106.”