tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post7679476343301480999..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: Cashing InCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-68309101050271903232014-01-25T15:55:11.817-08:002014-01-25T15:55:11.817-08:00Seal Team Six meets Monuments Men. I like it. Wi...Seal Team Six meets Monuments Men. I like it. Will you be writing the script?Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-92069049114343763702014-01-25T13:46:25.131-08:002014-01-25T13:46:25.131-08:00Arthur Houghton asked me to post this:
"Pet...Arthur Houghton asked me to post this:<br /> <br />"Peter, you raise a difficult issue. One one hand it is clear as a bell that confiscated Jewish property in Iraq must remain with the Jewish community and never be seen as the legitimate property of the Iraqi state. To go a little further, one should be disturbed by the fact that some of the most important artifacts in the Near East rest in Syria, which is convulsed by civil war, and are at risk of being looted and destroyed or sold onward to rapacious markets in the Gulf or China. Of particular concern is are the incredibly important paintings of the great Synagogue of Dura Europos, which when I last saw them had a room of their own in the depths of the Damascus Museum. I must tell you, I have discovered some interest in a possible NATO action to rescue these. It would take a very fast operation with limited forces and the technical ability to remove them from the walls, package them properly and then take them out, but I understand this capability exists. Perhaps this is a subject for another, quiet verbal discussion, but I did not want you to lose hope that nothing can be done.<br /> <br />Warm regards,<br /> <br />Arthur"<br />Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.com