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Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Search for Iraq's Treasure"
Roundup
9-11-06

Expert in illicit antiquities digs up truth of 2003 Iraq looting [audio 29min]

Dr Neil Brodie -- Research Director at the Illicit Antiquities Centre, from Cambridge University -- seeks to find out the truth as to what really happened in the Iraq Museum when it was looted in April 2003. He also attempts to find out what antiquities have been recovered and what has happened to those still missing.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "The Search for Iraq's Treasure"