07-F-1645 CPA Minister Communications 03-23-2004

II ·" From: Oslo, Mario (OTHER) Sent: to: Subject: FW: invitation ----Ori.Jfal Message.---- From: fh\£6\ Sent:u~v, Marm o9, 2o04 2:12 PM To: Osio, Marlo (OTHER) ec~>£6> I SU ea: Invitation dear for reading this email please look at attachment minstry of culture kurdistan arbil Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search- find . .YLhat~lQQking for faster. 3/23/2004 Page 1 of 1 J 1111 ..... ·- -- ........ IDI .. DIII!J --- ............. .... Page 1 of 1 l(b)(6) l(b)(6) ~~-:~Lui ITL) From: Osio, Mario (OTHER) Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 8:09AM To: ]jb)£6) ·n Subject: FW: invitation --·-Original Message---- From: Oslo, Mario (OTHER) Sent: Wednesday, MardllO, 2004 9:17AM Su =~, RE: invilallooi ~ ~ TO H.E. THE CULTURE MINISTER, MR. MAHMOOD MUHAMMED Your Excellency, I was very pleased to receive your kind invitation to attend on March 27th the Archeological Conference in Arbil. I accept with pleasure your invitation and will attend the Conference. I hope that on this occasion we will be able to discuss all our common problems on the protection of archeological sites and the promotion of cultural activities. · Looking forward to my visit to Kurdistan, I remain, with best regards, Yours sincerely, I . Mario Bondioli Osio Ambassador Sen~· ~d5isor- trani Ministry of Culture Tel. (b (6 a 1 dear for reading this email please look at attachment minstry of culture kurdistan arbil Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search-Ei~h.aJ; you_1e looking foL~~L 3/23/2004 Page I of I Dearl(b)(6) I just came back from a meeting with l(b\£6\ I Professorl(b )(6) I< all currently working for the CPA). we. had put a work plan ~ have the project of t~e Arbil citadel m the nght track and process. We have to get a proJect document, [£hl] IS as I understood deahng with this issue of course with I fh \]6\ I So by having the PO in our hand then we can talk with the concerned local authorities (in the region of Kurdistan and with the Ministry of Culture here in BAG). This is actually the first step we will make now. Now coming back to the meeting for the conservation of Arbil citadel, we have heard about it, but we were not sure that it was about the citadel.lo,V6\ I believes that It Js a very good opportunity to attend the meeting and meet with all the offiCials other parties involved, the university and etc. It is good chance to know the people and the amount of information and data available also to know what do the people have in their minds for this citadel. I.L.D........,..,a....r,~ · ~ .... · ....... "f' consult with the his senior adviser at the CPA and Alfeo on this. Actually (b)(S) I was surprised that there was no invitation to UNESCO for lhis meeting, but it seems ttlat our dear ur 1sh riends have done it through their own short cut. However and personally speaking I find it interesting to attend not as UNESCO staff, but on my own, If 1 can spare the tirne. : During our meeting with l{b)£6\ I there was a talk about UNESCO role in the forthcoming project of Arbll insha'alaa, and it was agreed to look upon it on a later stage. · Regards to all (b)(6) rote: Below is a letter sent to UNESCO by the authorities in Kurdistan. It is an invitation· to UNESCO to attend a · meeting to discuss the conservation of the citadel in ErbU during the period 27-29 Marchi ChV6\ I who sent m~ a copy of the letter, says, correctly, that it woukl not be possible for UNESCO to attend without an o cia! invitation from the Ministry of Culture in Baghdad. However, it may be an idea to let 6 who is in Iraq to know about it. He will certainly find it useful to be there. ,lhl;~~~~~---------' Regards. l(b)(6) Chere Madame, Cher Monsieur, Notre Gouvernement a le plaisir de vous inviter a participer a Ia Conference lnternationale sur Ia Renovation et Ia Rehabilitation de Ia Citadelle d'Erbil qui se tiendra les 27, 28 et 29 Mars dans notre capitale. Vous trouverez ci- joint le programme de cette con~rence. A !'occasion de cette manifestation, nous souhaiterions deposer officiellement une demande d'inscription de Ia Citadelle sur Ia liste du Patrimoine de I'Humanite. Pourriez-vous nous indiquer Ia procedure a suivre a cette fin. Dans l'attente de votre reponse, Bien a vous 1~)(6~ b epr sentant auouvemement du Kurdistan-lrak 3/23/2004 ,-- 1 British school of Archeology E . d.. flRAQ xpen 1t10n o .:. L- ....AlJllc-1 - y\:)JI r-"'1 r--- (b)(6) l. Painting in Islam 2. The Islamic Book Acontribution to its art and History 3. Early Moslim Architecture 4. Islamic Alt '--- - 5. a. catalogue of Muhammedan coins 6. b.catalogue of Arabic class wieghts in British Museum c.coinsand Medals, 7. a. the Nari1ismtic history of ray ~ b.Early Arabic Glass weights 1--- 10. c.coinage of the Umayyads of spain ~ a.Acataloguc of the Arabic-sassaniancoins 1--- 12. .b. Acataloguc of the Arabic-Byzantine and post Reform Umaiyad coins ArtofWar - - 14. 15. ,.....--- 16. Assyrian Place Reliefs the Britsh Museum The Nimrud lrories in the Brittish Museum The Seulptues of assurnasirpal Il,Tiglath- pilescrlll and Esarhaddon ti·om the Central and S.W.Palaces at Nimrud. 17. The Assyrain Dictionary 18. The Assyrain Law - 19. The Babylonian.lows 20. Symbols of the Gods in Meso_potamam Art ~ Symbols of Prehistoric Mesopotamia f----. 22. Technology in the Ancient WORLD 1--- 23. Published by the British School of f----- Archeology in Jraq. l o.\\ ~'-<. "'-A""' 'o~v-.. \ 24. The letters and Inscriptions of Hamurabi,vol III 25. The Annals of the King of the Asurian in British Museum 26. The S umerians --=-=- 27-. The Annals of Sennacherib ---- 28 1---o-- 30 The Chconology of Neo-Assyrian Ar T9 Excaration at N.imrud Nimrud and its Remains.2 vol The A1t of A1~ncient Mcoptamia , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~.)~ ~ Oxford I Paris I ! I I Oxford London Oxford London London New York New York New York London London Los Angles London London London Chic go Oxford Oxford Rome London London London London London Chicago Chicago London lraq,XII London London --- e . I " I f (. ' r .. _,__ 32. (b)(6) I Assyrian Smlptures•Palaceot Sinna cherib 33. Ll 34. L 35. XLIX 36. XLIX 37. XLIX 38. XLVIII 39. XLVIII 40. XLVII 41. XLVI 2PART 42. XLV 2PART 43. XLIV 2PART 44. XLIII 2PART 45. XLII 2PART 46. XLII 2PART 47. XLI 1 PART 48. XL 2PART 49. XXXIX 2PART 50. XXXIX 2PART 51. XXXVIII 2PART 52. XXXVIII 2PART 53. XXXVII 54. xxxvn 2PART 55. XXXVI 2PART 56. XXXV 57. XXXV 2PART 58. XXX 59. XXIX 60. XXVIII 61. XXVII 62. XXVI 63. XXV 64. XVI 65. XV 66. IV 67. XXXI-L London 1989 1988 1987 1987 1987 1986 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1980 1979 1978 1977 1977 1976 1976 1975 1975 1974 1973 1973 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1954 • 1953 1937 Archaeologische mittelvmgen Aus IRAN 40 Valium each book about 350 page r 14 May 2003 Request for Wednesday 21 May Air support Name of Requestor: Amb John Limbert,l9_o~._ (b _ ) _ (6 _ ) _ ____, 1 ORHA Civil Admin Specific requirement: Survey of alleged looting of archeological sites in the AI Nasiriyah area. Request to depart BIAP at approximately 0800 and return approximately 1730. Requested areas to be visited. To visit: Nipur Umma La gash Tallii/Ur Uruk UTM 521142 3554500 584346 3502565 645723 3478645 Possible Refuel 560739 . 3465789 To fly over: Umm AI Haffrlyat Adab Tello Lars a I sin 5590 5580 6115 5695 526127 35500 35350 34920 34610 3527935 Ita! raq Museum ~~------tSci ence Magazine (SSN to be provided) CACOM (names and SSNs to be provided) Total16-18 passengers. 14 May 03 Subj: LOCATIONS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL LOOTING 1. The Iraq Museum and Ministry of Culture has received numerous reports of serious looting archeological area in the AI Nasiriyah area. The following a~e the ~ < . . most important sites that reportedly have ongoing looting and illegal excavation.' · Request periodic patrols in the areas to drive off and deter illegal activities until the Ministry of Culture can install adequate secwity. This list has been · coordinated with the Iraq Museum staff and Dr.llbX6l lof the University of Chicago. Modern name UTMX UTMY 1. Bismaya 560451 3585970 2. Tello 595874 3473886 3. Tell Senkereh 581518 3461356 4 Tell AI Hiba 645723 3478645 5. Tell Nuffar 521142 3554450 6. Tell Umm AI Aqarib 588818 3497661 7. Warka 560739 3465789 8. lbzaykh 583629 3511415 9. Madain 595914 3473332 10. lshan Bahriyat 526127 3527935 11. TeiiWilaya 562103 3575447 12. Tell Schmid 579585 3511855 _ .-. · - - r - ------- - - - ' }§.gmns, Sar&a{Ministry of Culture) From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: sltecoords. txt ( 4 KB) .....-----. ~)(6Xj}here are good coordinates for a bunch of sites. I'm going to paste the data into the email as we l l as attach it . It is a pl ain, tab deli mited text file with the names of the sites, coordinates in UTMs (zone 38, WGS84), longitudes and latitudes (tp t~f order) and military map coordinates. I'll have all that stuff on the computer fod~)(6JL_ when we get there. We expect to come on Satuday, but we will probably arrive l ate since we wi ll have to travel at truck speed the whole way. A key question is whether we can get the guards of the museum to let us put our stuff in when we arrive. This is being worked on from various angles. We will have a lot of stuff, possibly 3 cars, a huge generator, air conditioners, etc. Here are the coordinates--they are not very well sorted out here: NAME X-COORD UT Y-COORD UT X-LON Y-LAT MGRS AqarQuf 425335 3691073 44 . 19749 33.35628 38SMB2533591073 Birs Nimrud Borsippa 437880 3583107 44.33958 32.38323 38SMA3788083107 Jemdet Nasr 479363 3620116 44.77978 32.71863 38SMB7936320116 Tell Abu Habba_Sippar 430405 3658127 44.25451 33.05947 38SMB3040558127 Tell ed-Der 434633 3662580 44.29947 33.09990 38SMB3463362580 Tell Uqair 468565 3627137 44.66432 32.78170 38 SMB685 6527137 Ukbara 436574 3738180 44.31494 33.78186 38SMC3657438180 Ctesiphon 458702 3662179 44.55743 33.09746 38SMB5870262179 Selucia 455434 3661834 44.52242 33.09422 38SMB5543461834 Ischali 461172 3684228 44.58296 33.29644 38SMB6117284228 Khafajah 458715 3690746 44.55627 33.35514 38SMB5871590746 (b)(6) From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Subject: Re: Supervision of sites in Iraq Date: 23 Jun 2003 06:28:57 +0100 dear all, ~~6) :I I assume you are forwarding my emails to all intere members of the SAI committee) I do not know if this is a problem with the electronic file or just with our printout. We (ie ~and I) do not have access to the electronic file,~oll(b2(6) (has it ~ere on CD, so it could be that if the doc is in Excel ¥;i s'b1nhhing and the columns on the tables are not set wide enough then the prointout does show all the figures of the grid coordinates. AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! 1'=~'::':-...... ...__ ....... ......., by sending the s · n this emial ~~~~~~L-------~<at the following~uu~~~~~----------~ t needs to go to oth (bX6) emials a; the Qrha one 1s more print out from but it is 'cult for~~~) ]to get about mins per week on the one network computer whereas she can check hotmi al at a trailer opp the rashid but cant printout there . to nasiri eh with ' ournalisf(b)(6) I (an ex student o~,..,(b=-"),....,('""'6),..---, trylng to go on patrol with the mar1nes. ~~~~11cJinn.o~ttlnoa~pPJpP,e~nn:~o~rria~v~aa:rr:1ue~t~Yf~f i~:ere~ting and depressing reasons. b 6 had made contact with a fall b)(6J ) marine reservist based at arra n of Nasiriryeh and he tad een av1ng his men do patrols and had been in touch with staff at the Nasiriyehnmusuem, wehn we arrived one of the staff was there to pick up a shulgi brick and wall cone from Lagash that one of the marine patrols had found in/near a looting pit, they had also been to Umma at whcih there was a looters village that they had tried to clear out (only way to tell if they succceeded is to go ther and see if it has been reoccupied. They claimed to have identifieed an antiquites market at Fajr but no action taken so far. HOWEVERI(b)(6) land his men are moving out soon and being replaced by Italians and the change over may be as little as 3 days, the sites are difficult for the soldiers to find without a local guide even if they have grid coordinates, and it was clear that V was winding down patrols as he was losing vehicles they were beign sent back or soemhting there was a mi litary term which I forget soemthing like retrograded. So v said that the local police were doing the patroling 1 L_ now and said we could go with them to urnrna via Nasiriyeh to drop off the rnusuern chap and the stamped brick. so off to Nasiriyeh, via a translater ans his shop, the Nasiriyeh museum, fu ll o f m arines us ign t he glass cases as t ables etc, argument ove r a recquisitioned car, tea and a long dicussion with the pickup of local policemen who now said the~e was no way they could go to Umma as 1. their vehicle could not get there it could not do the tracks 2. they had to pick up a prisoner from the hospital so off they went we went to the CMOC headquaters in Nasiriy~th~ " vi military I forget what the rest of it stand for and spoke to Col b 6 who talked the talk about protect i ng sites buw unclea to me ow much tehy do from Nasiriyeh itself, certianl 6 told me that they do not patrol Uruk from Nas as it is too far away o t patrols ! and CMOC nasiriayeh can not be ocntacted by the outside world they have no ernial nor phones and lots of other things t o do, there was a demonstration outside and a pol mr"'ttn? ijide and lots of NGOS i n another meeting etc and people tugging Ell(b)~6l _rsleeve every 2 seconds . So~bX6) ~ext plan, go down to Ur and visit the airbase to find if anyone th te KIIOw of aerial reconisance being done of the sites. A dust storm blew up so v hot and des i cating. I drank plenty of water (enough to pass it) but began to feel very sick and ill. We reached Ur could not see Ziggurat due to the dust in the air. Visited a tent to try to get to talk to someone, directed to a trailer, told that someone would come to speak to us, waited for arouind 3/4 of hour. The civil affairs people who carne to speak to us know nothign abpu; ~ty ae:j a~ rfcon of sites, one of themn suggested that I should askl(bJ~~ ~ ~ . ! I pointed out that she was not in the airforce and was un ~ ely o now about this, we left our ernails with them and departed. l(b)(6) llast idea, back to Shartra to tenl(b)(6) khat the patrol of umma has not happened as the police vehicle cou18 not do the road . I was fe1:::J too ill to get out of the car s~§l~6) !went to talk to them on his own (b)( said there was no problem with t• al and the road adn the pickup had that route before ICf he woul~~~ck the ~olice. So that is the picture in an area t~h s a commitedllJ?J 6) is genuinly intersted and doing his best, wen down thereecause' is attempts to join patrols in the Diwani yeh ea came to nought as NOTHING is happeing there tha he coudl f ind although th~c~to be d~ib)£6{Jdom parols whatever that means . In D they have a col (bX6) who tol that they have at no time been told that parol i a es ~· . a~1<:it y and had lots of other things to do. I thi nk I wi l l be meeeting ol 6 soemt i me as Qadasiyeh province is one o f the ones covered by CPA ea a . after Shartra we set off back to Baghdad stopped in Kut for d i nnerl<b]~~) § I was approached by someone offering antiquites for sa l e although the n he showed us was just an odd geological stone formation and not a made object, he claimed to have other things, we said we would look at them if they brouight them to us, the man said his house was too far away. It seemed interesting that the site of a foreigner could prompt them to try to sell you an antiqu i ty. I hope this gives you a general flavour of the situation here . If I do manage to go on patrols I am a bi t worried about surviving the heat, I di d not even get into a humvee yesterday and was sti ll ill. l(b)(6) Jhas been in touch w ith l(b)(6) I about info so if someone coul d ~rward t hi s to hi m or to anyone else in the profession who ha s a reason to want/need t o know. I will rejoin the sassson list once down in Babylon which wil l be later today although I dotn know how soon I will be online down there. regards l(b)(6) 2 included the strips from the Balawat gates as well as at least one cuneifonn inscribed brick. There was damage to other galleries, but no theft. Also the major plate glass windows had been shattered as a result of the impact of cruise missiles on nearby buildings. Unfortunately, we did not have time to perfonn a more detailed inspection of the Mosul Museum. This remains a priority for future inspection teams. Protection of Sites in the North. The damage to archaeological sites in northern Iraq has resulted from (I) the unregulated expansion of agriculture and buildings onto sites during the past decade of lessened vigilance, (2) the trenching and bulldozing of some sites before the conflict to prepare for a military attack from the north, and (3) targeted efforts to steal particular items of great value from sites and museums. The presence of coalition troops on major sites is necessary in the short tenn to deter further looting. Long-tenn protection can best be provided by re-constituted Iraq police forces. For the interim period, the northern team emphasized to the authorities ofORHA (and these recommendations need follow-up in future) that the members of the Department of Antiquities in Mosul urged that the US guard be continued as long as possible to thwart further attempts at looting. This is particularly important because, as was the case at Ashur, we heard that the local guards were forbidden by the US soldiers to carry guns. Clearly a consistent policy of arming and paying site guards is essential if they are ever to prove an effective force against the well-armed gangs of looters. It is also crucial for salaries to be paid to the Department of Antiquities personnel. l< b)(6) I The Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Cbjcago II. 60637 THE STATE OF SITES AND MUSEUMS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. Thesouthemreamco~~~~~L---~--------~~~--~~------------~--------J Iraqi archaeolo 'st ational Geographic TV), photojoumalis (b)(6) wnte~(b)(6) ps well as two drivers. We firs rove sou om Baghdad to visit Babylon, then went to Nippur, both in the northwest part of the lower alluvium not far from Baghdad. After, we went directly to Nasiriyyah in the far southwestern lower alluvium, and assessed possible damage at Ur, Eridu, Tell 'Ubaid, Dahaileh, Girsu, and Larsa. When we returned to Baghdad, we visited Ctesiphon, Harmal, and Tell Mohammed - all in the suburbs of Baghdad- and SIIDlarra 90 kilometers up the Tigris to the northwest. Babylon: The dominant metropolis of the lower alluvium for almost two millennia, from just after 2000 B.C. until just before our era, Babylon has been panly reconstructed using plans made by Gennan excavators a century ago. Recent}(. it has beeome a popular destination for Iraqi tourists. We were given a thorough tour by Marine Captl(b 6) I The Babylon Museum, the Director's house, gift shop, library, etc. were looted and partially burned after the recent conflict. Damage beyond these facilities seems minimal, the guard having fended off the would-be looters with a sickle! The site is now being guarded by U.S. Marines resident in the palace that Saddam built overlooking the site. Nippur: This site, a holy city dedicated to Enlil, head of the Sumerian pantheon, and occupied from at least 5000 BC until the Islamic period, seemed in pretty good shape. Earlier excavations by the University of Pennsylvania and excavations since the 1948 by University of Chicago have suffered only from natural 3. At the moment the lack of security in Baghdad has made it difficult for many ofthe staff to get to work, especially the curatorial staff needed to assess the losses. These are mostly young women and have been coming in dribs and drabs to the museum when their fathers, brothers, or husbands could accompany them. DrUb)£6) I set up a bus system to bring the curatorial staff to work. The National Geographic Society has made a small donation for this purpose, insuring about one month of service. This, however, is a stop-gap approach. There are several areas where the Iraqis need help. Among these are the following: 1. Computing resources: All of the Department's computers were stolen. It would be helpful in making lists of precisely what was stolen from the Museum to have new computers and training. plan to return to Iraq in a month if possible with other members of the American Academic Coordinating Committee for Iraq Cultural Heritage taking computer equipment adequate for making digitized catalogs of both what is missing and what is still in the Museum, continuing computerization project initiated in the early 1990s by the Museum. We will also provide them with remote sensing data and GIS software so that they can assess where they need to do to protect sites from future development and agri~ulture. 2.Preventing the lootin& of sites. This falls under the heading of security within Iraq. Until Iraqi authorities are better prepared, it will have to be done by the US militaiy. We were pleased to see that the Marines in Nasiriyyah were on the job. We must continue to urge the military throughout the country to take this task seriously. 3.Conservation. Along with preparation of a catalogue, this will be a concurrent task in the process of rehabilitation of the Museum. The Iraqis will need training, materials, etc. This is really within the province of Museum personnel rather than our group and I believe that the British Museum and others are working on this issue. l(b)(6) Professor, Department of Anthropology Stony Brook University ~~)'Brook NY 11794-4364 ~ ( .() A HELICOPTER INSPECTION OF ENDANGERED SOUTHERN SITES [After the other members of the National Geographic team had left Iraq, ProMb)(6) ~as able make an tour of key sites in southern Iraq by helicopter with ORHA officials. He provides the following account.] On May 2 l, Cod (b)( 6) brranged for helicopter that I had been suggestin2 be used for an assessment of looting damage to southern sites. 1 suggested that the army puMb)( 6) lin a helicopter to do a quick t~( >?hi south to look at the sites that he knew were being looted. Unfortunately, by the 21 s b 6 had already gone to Amman for a conference, and planned to go from there to Bonn, for another conference. The tr~ade by Ambassador Piero Cordone, who has replaced Ambassador Limbert at ORHA, Col~ four other members of his staff, myself, and others. The helicopter was a Sea Stallion, a Marine supply craft, armed only with two machine guns, one on either side. A second helicopter of the same type accompanied us. ., l(b)(6) Professor. Department of Near Eastern Studies The Oriental Institute The Unive~ity of Chicago 1155 E 58111 St. Cbjcago II. 60637 I ..__(b)(-6) ---1 v 6) GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS Our team's many specific suggestions have been given to appropriate individual's and agencies. There are three general recommendations noted above which merit emphasis. --First, to stop the immediate and serious problem ofthe massive looting of southern sites, increased patrols by U.S. military forces are needed. 24-hour guards -- the method tried and proved effective in the north-may be needed at tho sites with the most serious looting, specifically Umma, Adab, and !sin. In addition the site of Ashur in the north, which has no US guard, needs 24 hour protection. -Secood, the long-term problem of the protection of unexcavated sites with information vital to understanding the rise and fall of civilizations can only be solved by revitalizing and strengthening Iraq's own long-successful program of local site guards. - Tblnl, Iraqi archaeologists and museologists need immediate help with equipment, material and training to conserve damaged museum collections and co:d~ct rescue projects on damaged sites. Several U.S. organizations are working on this, an~(b }( 6) ~ _ I and her colleagues are scheduled to take over donated computers and software and imttate a trammg program in a few weeks. Contributions to the National Geographic Society's new "World Cultures Fund" will assist in this effort. SUMMARY REMARKS FOR mE NEWS BRIEFING: NGS IRAQ MISSION : MAY 2003 GOOD MORNING ... THANKS FOR BEING HERE ... I'MI.1.!1(b=)(~6:L...) __ _,~I AN ARCHAEOLOGIST FROM THE MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHGAN fN ANN ARBOR AND A MEMBER OF TilE NATIONAL GEOGRAPffiC SOCIETY'S COMM11TEE FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION. I'M HERE WITH SEVERAL OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOCIETY'S RAPID ASSESSMENT SURVEY OF IRAQ'S MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES. (b)(6) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND OF STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY ARE HERE WITH US. IRAQ'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES ARE A PRECIOUS RECORD OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST URBAN CIVILIZATION. MORE THAN SIX THOUSAND YEARS OF URBAN LIVING HAVE LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOUNDS, CEMETARIES, FORTIFICATIONS, ANCIENT IRRIGATION WORKS AND Other SITES SCA TIERED ACROSS IRAQ'S LANDSCAPES. SURPRISINGLY, RELATIVELY LITTLE MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS RICH LANDSCAPE. THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HUMAN USE OF AN IMPACT ON CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS, THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN LIFE ON HUMAN Page 1 ofl l(b)(6) ~Ministry· of Culture) From: l(b)(6) I blli) Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:23AM To; (b)(6) ~;..,;.....,:;.....__---~:,.____, Cc: (b)(6) .____ ____ __. Subject: Re: baghdad Dearl(b)(6) I Good 10 hear your news (not all ol Llho cylinder seals especially). lam keeping yo~r mother lnlormedl (bl( ~ Herow<h a message fro,(b)(6) rgard•ng lhe house. - f!-D tJfS Yours,l(b)(S ) I · b)~) Dear ~ I informed my mother Saterday regard i ng {~)(6) ~rrival in Baghdad, She said that she will paint and clean the house in e very near future. Probably they will be in touch with her at AI Rasheed Hotel. Sincerely l(b)(6) 6/19/2003