Kill looters, urges archaeologist

[NNN0LHI]

Hey, I know how important these sites are but can't the US military stop this with arrests rather then killing people? These people have lost their jobs thanks to our invasion and may have no other way to support their families. Stop them yes. Feed them yes. Kill them no! The next mass graves will be dug by us to bury these people in if we just begin killing them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,994461,00.html

Maev Kennedy
Wednesday July 9, 2003
The Guardian

An American archaeologist yesterday urged her compatriots to kill the looters who are pillaging archaeological sites in Iraq.

"I would like to see some helicopters flying over these sites, and some bullets fired at the looters," Elizabeth Stone, head of archaeology at Stony Brook University in New York, said in London yesterday. "I think you have got to kill some people to stop this."

Professor Stone, who directed major excavations in Iraq in the 1980s, is a speaker at an international conference on the archaeology of the region, being held this week at the British Museum.

The war and its aftermath dominated the conference, which was planned long in advance of the hostilities.

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[renegade000]

1. ya, history is very important but...

i think killing people over it is a bit much.
if we had more resources we could set up police-type patrols at archaeologically significant sites, but with the mess it is over there at the moment...that wouldn't be prudent.

its a shame to see history and culture lost,
and its a shame to see blood spilled...nuff said

[fshrink]

2. "Kill archeologists", think natives.

nt

[mbperrin]

3. "The war and its aftermath dominated the conference"

No shit! What do they think dominates the daily lives of the Iraqis and of the US soldiers there?

Needs to cut way back on the testosterone injections.....