* 20 ISIS - The Degtructoi ootin o fitnuitegt eh : eineg : id So utoig introduction As the head of the investigation into one of the greatest art crimes in recent memory— the looting of the Iraq Museum in 2003 —I have spent more than a decade attempting to recover and return to the Iraqi people their priceless heritage ( Bogdanos, 2005 a and b ; Cruickshank, 2003 ) . 2005 I have also spent a significant amount of time in three parallel pursuits : 1 ) attempting to correct the almost universal misconceptions about what happened at the museum, in those fateful days in April 2003 ; 2 ) highlighting the need for the concerted and cooperative efforts of the international community to preserve, protect and recover the shared cultural heritage of all humanity ; and 3 ) trying to increase awareness of the continuing cultural catastrophe that is represented by the illegal trade in stolen antiquities, which is indeed funding terrorism . Toward these ends, and in more than one hundred and fifty...
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