posted by Chris @ 12/08/2005 03:23:00 PM  
Book: Marine 'Indiana Jones' Tracks Looted Iraq Antiquities

Some guys have all the luck! Some guys make their own luck!

Marine Reserve Colonel Matthew Bogdanos is one of those guys. Bogdanos is the Manhattan district attorney who handled the case against Sean "Puffy" Combs. Recalled to active duty after 9/11, he was involved in the search for terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq before investigating the looting of the Iraq National Museum. His team has recovered more than 5,000 of the missing artifacts.

Bogdanos's new book, Thieves of Baghdad, is the riveting true story of how he applied his skills as a Marine, an investigator, and a passionate student of classical history to rescue antiquities he studied as a youth. Far from being a police blotter of the thefts, Bogdanos's story is a combination of Indiana Jones, JAG and CSI. In the mix are military operations, international intrigue, investigative procedures, and harrowing raids in the backstreets of Iraq. The personal aspects of the story and the way the story immerses the reader into the culture of Iraq is reminiscent of the way James Clavell's book Whirlwind immerses readers into the Iranian Revolution. If you enjoy art, ancient history, law enforcement, the military, and/or current events, you will enjoy this Marine's account of his adventures in the world's most dangerous place tracking down ancient antiquities from the Cradle of Civilization!

Matthew Bogdanos's royalties for Thieves of Baghdad will be donated to the Iraq Museum.

You can order the book at Amazon.com by following the below link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582346453/wwwpostalworkers

Matthew Bogdanos DoD News Items:
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030910-0660.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030516-0202.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2003/n09102003_200309108.html

Also see:

Regional Meeting to Fight the Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property Stolen From Iraq
http://www.interpol.int/Public/WorkOfArt/Iraq/meetings/Minutes200406.asp

Interpol's Most Wanted Works of Art
http://www.interpol.com/Public/WorkOfArt/Poster/Poster33a.pdf

The British Museum information
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/iraqcrisis/

Object ID
http://www.object-id.com/

Museum-Security.org
http://www.museum-security.org/iraq.html

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