Iraq's national museum reopens after 12 years
(AGI) Baghdad, Feb 28 - The national museum in Baghdadofficially reopened on Saturday, 12 years after it was lootedduring the U.S.-led invasion and deprived of almost 15,000Mesopotamian artefacts, of which only some 4,300 have beenrecovered and restored. The reopening was brought forward by afew months by the Iraqi government in response to thedestruction of numerous statues in Mosul's central museum byIslamic State (IS) militants. "The events in Mosul led us tospeed up our work and we wanted to open it today as a responseto what the gangs of Daesh did," said