[Aztlan] AR: Babylon

[Harold H. Green]

Listeros -

The British Museum report, the one that I think is being referred to,  
is at  
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/iraqcrisis/reports/ 
Babylon%20Report04.pdf

Hal Green
Vashon, WA


On May 21, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Karrie Porter Brace wrote:

> Yes Jean Pierre, I had read of the US/British forces occupying Babylon  
> and the incredible destruction they caused.  The British Museum filed  
> a report of the damage.  I read it and distributed among my colleagues  
> in archaeology and museums.
>
> I think you can google the report, or maybe I can dredge it up from my  
> archives and repost it.  It is quite disturbing to know how much  
> invasion, intrusion, and damage occurred.  At the time I even sent a  
> copy of it to Barack Obama, my senator who was formerly affiliated  
> with the University of Chicago (major archaeology dept with ties to  
> some of the excavations) to see if anyone would take any  
> responsibility for it. Sheesh, me and my altruism!
>
> If my suspicions of the current American political administration hold  
> true, I would think the occupation and desecration of this world  
> heritage site was a way to demoralize the people of the region.
>
> Karrie Porter Brace, La Pelirroja Peligrosa
> Grateful that Alexander Haig is out to pasture
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: JP HERVEG <Jean-pierre.Herveg at bige.ucl.ac.be>
>> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>> Subject: Re: No:[Aztlan] Geronimo Skull
>> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 08:59:08 +0200
>>
>> I don't know if you know it, but in Iraq, the US Army used the  
>> archaeological site of Babylone as a helico base. They destroy almost  
>> everything to clean the place... So I am not too confident in what  
>> the the Commander and Chief and the army would do.
>>
>>> Jean-Pierre and Listeros:
>>>
>>>  Yeah, and subsequent encounters with Army personnel and Native  
>>> Americans have had their tragic aspects. Consult histories for  
>>> Wounded Knee Massacre for example. But in the end it doesn't matter.  
>>> The President is the Army's Commander in Chief and the President  
>>> signs the laws. So any law is a direct order from the Commander and  
>>> Chief of the Armed Forces and will be obeyed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Hugh G. "Sam" Ball
>>>
>>> And remember:
>>>
>>> "This too Shall Pass!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: JP HERVEG <Jean-pierre.Herveg at bige.ucl.ac.be>
>>> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>> Sent: Sat, 20 May 2006 14:09:20 +0200
>>> Subject: No: Re: [Aztlan] Geronimo Skull
>>>
>>>  "The army qualifies as a Museum as it holds Native American Remains  
>>> and Cultural Objects and receives Federal funds or is a Federal  
>>> Agency."
>>>
>>>  Isn't the american "army" made of real friends of the "Natives"...  
>>> and of Geronimo ?
>>>
>>> -- Pr emeritus Jean-Pierre HERVEG
>>>
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