Sunday, October 24, 2010

Wikileaks Provides Evidence Linking Illicit Iraqi Antiquities to Weapons Sales

More proof, on top of what Matthew Bogdanos has reported, that looted antiquities were part of the revenue stream for the same folks that were/are supplying weapons to insurgents in Iraq:

(FRIENDLY ACTION) RAID RPT : ___ INJ/DAM

2007-12-07 00:00:00

A FORCE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY ALONG WITH A FORCE FROM THE CRIMINAL ___ ONE OF THE HOUSES AFTER RECEIVING SOME TIPS THAT THEIR IS SOME ILLEGAL ___ ( SELLING WEAPONS AND ANTIQUES) THE HOUSE LOCATED AT ___ KUT - BAGHDAD ___ ROAD THEY ALSO FOUND A , ___ ,FOUR MORTAR , AND TWO GRENADES FOR ATTACKS.THEY ALSO CAPTURED ___ SUSPECTS.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Global Heritage Fund -- new report, blog, forum

The Global Heritage Fund is rolling out a report, a new blog, and a forum this week, all of which should be of interest to readers of this blog (disclosure: I was on the editorial committee for the report):


Report: Sunday, GHF released Saving Our Vanishing Heritage: Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in the Developing World, which details the state of conservation for the planet’s most significant and endangered cultural sites over the past decade. This includes the 12 “on the verge” and an estimate about the potential $100 billion per year opportunity if global heritage sites are preserved.
http://www.globalheritagefund.org/vanishing


Forum: GHF is hosting experts and funders from around the world to discuss this very topic at Stanford on Oct 19. Nicholas Kristof is the keynote. http://www.globalheritagefund.org/forum.html
HuffPost: GHF Executive Director has this post on HuffingtonPost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-morgan/as-global-heritage-sites-_b_764570.html
New GHF blogs: Updates and news on endangered sites around the world, and the work attempting to save them. http://www.globalheritagefund.org/onthewire