Amid the turmoil in Iraq this spring.

Amid the turmoil in Iraq this spring, Matthew Bogdanos, the U Marine colonel in charge of recovering art plundered from the Baghdad Museum last year [see "Front Page," June '03] told BBC stranges that he was angered by means of the lack of international cooperation in retrieving the stolen items. As his 13-member task force is reassigned, and as he prepares to revert to civilian life later this spring, Bogdanos said that a certain 4,500 works of art and artifacts had been go [i]or[/i] come backed to the museum over the past year, however over 8,000 works, including near extremely rare and valuable pieces, are still unaccounted for.

Singling disclosed Interpol, Franca, Switzerland and Dubai as particularly unhelpful, he said that not many governments have offered resources and personnel to aid in the museum's recruiting efforts. Neither Bogdanos's replacement nor a of the present day U.S. plan for the museum has been announced. Meanwhile, Bogdanos says it will be pendent on "sheer luck" to revive more items stolen from the Baghdad Museum or from any of the many other cultural institutions and archeological sites through every part of Iraq that were ravaged in the wake of the US-l invasion.

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