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- Thursday, August 24 2006, 12:43:17 (CEST) from 210.49.114.189 - c210-49-114-189.eburwd3.vic.optusnet.com.au  Australia -  Windows XP -  Internet ExplorerWebsite: Website title: |
Source: http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2006/02.25.06/index_sat.php#surfsup Z: Right after the looting of the museums, Zinda Magazine reported that the Assyrian film maker, Benny Atouri, pledged a donation of one and half million dollars to the Baghdad Museum. Was this money ever received by this museum? DG: I have never heard anything about this person and his pledge. But there is one thing that you should know. Baghdad Museum Project has nothing to do with us. The person who has initiated this project, John Simmons, I met him once in Washington a year and half ago for half an hour only. I realized that this person as we say in Iraq is “Clouchy”. I heard from an Iraqi lady in Boston, who was on the board with him, is suing him now to remove her name from the board. I learned from her that he has so far raised 15 million dollars for the Iraqi Museum. But we have not received a cent from this money. We have nothing, no information from him, and he has not talked to us. When I met him in Washington he told me that I will make plans to come to visit you. Up until now, he has not contacted me, nor have we received a cent for Baghdad Museum projects. We are working with our minister to sue this person one way or another, because he is using our name and he has not given us any of this money. If people, like director Beni Atouri, want to donate, they can send directly to the Iraqi Museum, and we have a lot of people who send us their donations. Or they can send them to UNESCO. They can also do it through two people in the State Department, Maria Coropus or John Russell. I might add that UNESCO keeps 30% of the donations for its own projects, but the State Department, I believe, does not subtract from the funds. And we can provide them with budgetary plans for their donations. --------------------- |
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