Oriental Institute of America Petition
The Oriental Institute of America has posted a petition on their website to protect against looting to be sent to the United States Congress:
Whereas the looting of ancient sites in Iraq continues in our day with little sign of abatement, leading to incalculable loss of historical and cultural knowledge;
And Whereas responsible opinion and evaluation, based on established precedence, have suggested that a relatively modest number of guards can discourage if not stop looting at the most distressed archaeological sites in Iraq;
And Whereas the funding of cohorts of guards at Iraqi archaeological sites requires, in present dollars, a relatively modest sum of money;
Therefore, be it Resolved that the American Oriental Society, in meeting assembled at San Antonio, Texas, on March 18, 2007, calls on and urges the Congress of the United States of America to legislate with dispatch a program to fund the systematic safeguarding of distressed sites until such time as the proper Iraqi authorities are ready to bring such a program under its own control.
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