CURRENT NEWS AND EDITORIALS ON IRAQI ANTIQUITIES:

"Museum says theft planned" (Charlotte Observer)

"The thief of Baghdad" (Washington Times)

"Pilfered treasures a hard sell?" (News24)

"U.S., scholars spar on looting of artifacts" (Philadelphia Inquirer)

"Barbaric Iraq results" (Charleston Gazatte)

"Bush Panel Members Quit Over Looting" (Washington Post)

"Victims of Civic Passivity" (Washington Post)

"Museum Pillage Described as Devastating but Not Total" (New York Times)

"A Job for Unesco" (New York Times)

"An Army for Art" (New York Times)

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I have time to dig up right now. The UNESCO panel meets today in Paris. I'll post info as it comes it.