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Subject:

Further news from Iraq.

From:

"IAN JOHNSON (0616285)" <[log in to unmask]>

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IAN JOHNSON (0616285)

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Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:41:25 +0000

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A summary of ISIS activity in Iraq has just been circulated.  A link to the document can be found in the following email.

The ISIS activities that are related to libraries and other information services can be summarised as follows [with my explanatory commentary in brackets]:
- According to ISIS law, libraries should not exist and must be demolished.
- ISIS wants to diversify and expand its financial resources to include the lucrative trade of antiquities.  [This could be assumed to include the sale of rare books and manuscripts.]
- Mosul museum, the second large museum in Iraq, has been occupied by ISIS and its staff cannot enter to check its valuable collections.  [The Museum Library was established about 50 years ago, and has a substantial collection.]
- Churches and monasteries were either burned or, when occupied, ISIS stole the contents.  [Many of the monasteries in northern Iraq are known to have retained collections of ancient manuscripts]
- Mosques and shrines were destroyed by explosions and bulldozers.  [These may also have had collections of ancient manuscripts]
- Government buildings have been destroyed by ISIS.  [It is not clear whether these include the provincial records and archives centre, but it could be assumed that some recent government records have been lost.]
- ISIS has taken over public libraries in Ninawa and Diyala provinces.  [These must be assumed to be under threat of destruction.]


Professor Ian Johnson,
Chief Editor, IFLA/De Gruyter series: 'Global Studies in Libraries and Information'
Aberdeen,
Great Britain

Phone: +44 1224 740785
Mobile: +44 7719 859239
Skype: ian.m.johnson45


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles E. Jones [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 September 2014 12:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Iraqcrisis] IRAQ'S HERITAGE IS FACING A NEW WAVE OF DESTRUCTION

IRAQ'S  HERITAGE  IS  FACING  A  NEW  WAVE  OF  DESTRUCTION By Abdulameer al Hamdani Archaeologist Iraq Heritage Senior Fellow 8th September 2014 Iraq Heritage Report

Read it here:
http://tinyurl.com/q9k2uwj

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