Word: harped
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...collapse. They stole ancient treasures from the city’s famous museums where some of the most impressive archaeological finds of the past century had been preserved. Among the missing artifacts were thousands of ancient cuneiform tablets, the 5,000-year-old Vase of Uruk and the Harp of Ur. This enormous cultural loss is a profound blow to Iraq and the world...
...outrage over lost artwork is based on the wicked premise that future generations will miss these artifacts much more than they’ll miss the thousands of people who died—or could have died—in this war. After all, there is only one Harp of Ur, but ordinary Iraqis and Americans are replaceable...
...January a delegation of senior bureau officials and big-city police chiefs traveled to Israel to swap intelligence. The talks "impressed on me the absolute necessity for the public's participation in reporting suspicious activity and events," says FBI Assistant Director Van Harp, head of the Washington field office. He and other top bureau hands have been meeting with Arab, Muslim and Sikh leaders to solicit tips about potential suspects in emigre communities--and to promise that hate crimes against their communities will be aggressively pursued...
...joyride," says FBI assistant director Van Harp, head of the FBI's big Washington field office, "or a ring that's dealing in this kind of equipment. Or it could be terrorist-connected. We don't know. But that's the point of putting it out, because it is suspicious, and if it's terrorist activity, the consequences could be grave...
...Washington task force is on the lookout for other equipment heists and is seeking the license plates and other identifying data of suspicious characters who may be stalking local departments. "If there's similar activity, then it's not just an isolated theft," says Harp...