.• • • IDoc. 27 Ministry Of culture State Board of Antiquates and Heritage Legalization and linancial otlice To/ The Ministry of Culture/ financial and Administrative Office/Planning and Follow up section. Sub/ branches of Archeological site protection. We present our greeting and according to the Committee minutes of the Archeological site protection, which approved by tbe Ambassador Bremer and the Minister of Culture, as they considered the protection of archeological sites is the most significant task of our Board since the governorate sites were exposing to various hazards. In the mentioned meeting it has been decided that tbe ministry of culture through our Board wiD support the new guards financially, that is by financing their salaries and their other current expenses from ministry of finance. It has been decided to add (578) g11ards, who been previously appointed by the provisional coalition forces or by the local provisional coalitional Authority, to be added to the present guards who are presently working for the Board, and to be 1850 in number. 'fhe mentioned committee declared that the requia·ed financial needs for the sala1-y payment will be for the amount (1,910,568,000) one milliard, nine hundred, ten million, and five hundred sixty eight thousand ID annually, according to the below mentioned sheduale. Serial Title Rank No Monthly Annual salary salary iii In thousand thousand ID JD 1 Colonel 1 342,000 4,104,000 2 Meager 3 204,000 7,344,000 3 Captain 18 125,000 27,000,000 4 Sergeant 130 102,000 159,000,000 5 Guru·d 1720 83,000 1713,120,000 • For your information, the above mentioned amounts are available with CPA. Adding to that we will be provided by 200-150 vehicle and that will be distributed over the governorates for site checkin2, inspecting the archeological sites all over the country, this in turn will need petrol and maintenance expenses, there fore pleases allocate the below mentioned amounts according to its classification, the amount is equal30,000,000 ID thirty million Denair. Chapter Article Item The required allocation 3 4 Fuel expense 10.000000 ID 4 6 Maintenance of vehicles 20,000000 ID The total is 30,000000 ID You are kindly requested to submit the subject to the minister and obtain his approval in order write and address a letter to CPA, and Ministry of Finance for allocating the above mentioned allocations. We remain, Enclosure Minute of the committee. President of the Board - !Doc. 28 UNCLASSIFIED 16 December 2003 Archeological Sites Protection Project First Implementation Phase The fo11owing infonnation and requests need to be transmitted to the local SBAH (State Board of Antiquities and Heritage) Inspectors in order to be implemented, with the help of CPA staff in the Govematorates, before next Monday, November 24. As the Inspectors have already been told by the SBAH Director General of Excavations, it is their responsibility to select, among their own Guards, between two and four candidates to be sent to Baghdad for training. The ideal candidate should: be between 18 and 50 years old; have a Secondary School Diploma; be able to read and write in Arabic. The commendation by the Inspector on their previous service could be considered equivalent to the above mentioned requirements. The names of the candidates should reach me or the Director General of Excavation by November 24. The candidates should come to Baghdad, for an Introductory Selection, November 26 or 27. The venue is the Iraqi Police Academy, next to the Sport Stadium. All candidates will follow a three days class (Nov. 29 and 30, Dec.l8t). On Dec. 2nd, the 25 selected candidates will be admitted to a 19 days TRAIN- THE-TRAINERS Course, ending 0C£twhe.r. 20. The course will be overseen by ASP '-1~-~-l -==-=-=-=------' At the end of the course they will be qualified as FPS Trainers and will be able to confer, after proper training, FPS status to the guards currently on the payrolls of the SBAH. Mario Bondioli Osio Senior Ministry Advisor Ministry of Culture Tel. l(b)(2) I (b)(6) e-m ail: (b)(6) ra UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED 16 December 2003 Archeological Sites Protection Project First Implementation Phase Unexpected problems at the Iraqi Police Academy require a change in the dates of the previous program for getting the TRAIN-THE -TRAINERS program started. The candidates should postpone their anival, and reach the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad, for their Introductory Selection, only in the late morning I early afternoon of Monday, December lst. The three days Introductory Selection Class will take place on December 2, 3, and 4, with the participation of all candidates .. The 25 selected candidates will start the 19 days TRAIN-THE-TRAINERS Course on Saturday, December 6. The Course will end on Wednesday, December 24. The candidates are required to bring their own bedding (sheets and blanket) to the Iraqi Police Academy. Mario Bondioli Osio Senior Ministry Advisor Ministry of Culture UNCLASSIFIED - · --· - · ! PHONE NUMBER NAME INSPECTOR ,-'Jl ~ ~ • .31 ' 4J; .,;. , -·-- . . 0' INSPECTOR OF BAGHDAD - - 0> - ..;:;. ~ INSPECTOR OF NINV A ~ · - ·- . INSPECTOR OF KR.KUK -- • INSPECTOR OF KRBLAA ' ' . \ INSPECTOR OF NEGEF l INSPECTOR OF ANBAR INSPECTOR OF THEI :[ ~ - i- fN Sl'ECfOR Of SULEMANY - · - ---· -~-~~ ----- - ---- Page~ of2 IDoc. 29 Osio. Mario (OTHER) ,.,.........,. .......... ,_.._, __ ·~"'' ..,.._,.,,,._...., __ , ___ M_o...,.._.,._,....... _,,, -·•-•>+>•,_,...._,.,-...,..-,--......, .......... , __ , ____ , ________ , ___ ~--··••-••- From: Sent: Monday. February 02, 2004 4:30PM To: Osio, Mario (OTHER) Cc: ~l(b~ ) (~6l _______ ~ Subject: Funding Archeological Security in Souty Central Region Dear Ambassador Osio, Having recently completed a review of my region's financial situation, I have concluded that I have sufficient ftmds on hand to fWld another $500,000 in support for implementation of the archeological security measures we discussed several weeks ago. Hence. we will allocate $1 million to this purpose instead of $500,000. We will begin with three provices: Babel, ai-Qadisiyya, and al-Wasit. Thereafter, we will implemei:lt the program in a1-Anbar, Najaf~ and Karbala'. I have placed Lt. Col.l(b)(3):10 usc §130b I my police and security specialist, in charge of overseeing these expenditures, in keeping with the plan you were kind enough to g.ive me. I will ask him to keep you apprised of our progress. • Wishing you well, I remain faithfully yours j(bl(3):1o usc §13ob 1 Regional Coordinator South Central Region, CPA "Osio, Mario B. (ITA)" wrote: I'll come back to you tomorrow, as promised, after the FPS big meeting. At the moment, as I understand it, the implementation of the transfer of authority (TOA) from Coalition Forces to the Ministries is suspended until further notice. The intention is to have the TOA on March 1 next. I hope neither the previous email nor this one have increased the confusion. All the best, Mario Bondioli Osio Ambassador Senior Ministry Advisor ril?~lrv of Culture 3/6/2004 IDoc. 31 • • • WORLD MONUMENTS FUND EUROPEAN OFFICE 34, avenue tie New York 75116 Paris France Tel: (33 1) 4720 71 99 Fax: (331) 4710 71 27 Paris, 11 November 2003 To: HEM. ai-Jazairi Minister of Culture Cc: Dr. Donny George Director of Museums, SBAH Your Excellency: As you are aware the World Monuments Fund and the Getty Conservation Institute now have an advanced plan to start assisting Iraq in developing a site management and information system linked to a GIS. We have assured part of the funding required, while we are still looking for other sources. A potential source is the National Endowment for the Humanities, who has received from us a thorough proposal. Part of the required documentation, to be received in our New York office by Friday next week, is a letter of support from an Iraqi institution. Following our discussion in October and subsequent exchange of information, we believe that your endorsement of this project will greatly enhance our chances to get financial support from NEH. Initially a faxed or emailed letter would be sufficient, with the original following later. I attach the abstract of the project as presented to NEH. 1 would like to thank you in advance for your support, and please excuse me wilh the lateness of this message, but NEH only informed us yesterday of this requirement. Yours sincerely, Gaetano Palumbo Dr. Gaetano Palumbo Director of Archaeological Conservation Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia The World Monuments Fund 34 Avenue de New York 75016 Paris - F ranee Tel: +33-1-47209151 fax: +33-1-47207127 JtbJ(6) r4J(b)(2) • World Monuments Fund & Getty Conservation Institute Proposal to NEH An Integrated System for Cultural Heritage Inventory and Assessment in Iraq Statement of Significance War, looting and future development projects have already and will in !.he future impact very negatively the integrity and significance of cultural resources in Iraq, especially archaeological sites and historic urban centers. The World Monuments Fund, in partnership with the Getty Conservation fustitute and in coordination with UNESCO, proposes to develop a program with the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage for training staff in the methodology and techniques of· site assessment and condition recording, and to develop technical tools for the recording and management of information related to the location, condition, and threat to the cultural resources oflraq. The training will be conducted mostly in Jordan, to minimize security concerns, and the development of the database tools will be in the USA, with the system deployed in Iraq during the second year of the 2·year project. The system will take advantage of Geographic lnfonnation System (GIS) and Geographic Positioning System (GPS) technologies to locate and map site locations in order to provide the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage officials the appropriate monitoring and assessment tools to evaluate risk and minimize negative impact to cultural resources. At the end of the project the system will be managed in Iraq by the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, and it is expected to contain information on more than 10,000 archaeological sites, and a similar number of historic sites and monuments. This project is of high significance fOr- the development of a heritage management philosophy in Iraq and for encouraging further protection of the cultural resources of the country. IDoc. 32 ' • To: Bonnie Burnham President The World Monuments Fund 95 Madison A venue, 9th floor New York, NY 10016 Fax: 001-646424-9593 i(b J(6J @l (b J(2J 1 Dear Ms. Burnham: With this letter we would like to express the support of SBAH and of the Ministry of Culture o+:ilie lfaq.i.eovemi~onnetl for ilie deveJopmtmt of a GIS-based heritage information system that your institution is willing to undertake. Among many projects assisting SBAH to rebuild its capabilities, this is certainly one that wi11 provide us with the right instruments to reduce threats to om cultural heritage, and to monitor redevelopment activities that may damage archaeological and historic sites. We also wdcome your emphasis on training and technology transfer that your project entails, and we are willing to cooperate and provide personnel to this project to ensure its long tenn sustainability. We hope that this expression of support will help you to find donors for the project, and we will be waiting to hear from you n update on the progress of the project and information on its mobilization on the ground. Yours sincerely, -----------~ - . . . ........................... ,, . .,...__ . . . . . . .. . ..... ··· ·. . . . ::. : .. . . ..,.-_ ..,..,.,. --·-····-----=-:--·------··---.-.~ .. ~----------,--____,..,-~. ----··- ' . . :. . :. . . . . . . . ··. . ..,-----,.-------:----- IDoc. 33 ·I THF.GHIY .-............ .. ~·· CONSERVATIO~ INSTmiTF. ., . --~- R~ Cc..o.~.-vat~)fi ln!1it•lt~ . . 0 · ber 24 2flh3 cto .. . ' V\1 Mr. Mufeed ai-Jauir . . His EXcellency the Minister ofCul.tute Baglidad Republic ofltaq R.e: lniitative of the World .!v.1onu1.1Jents Fund and the Getty Conservation Institute to assist the MiniStry of Cult~1.-~ of Iraq in con-sei:vfttion. training, and crJtural . resourc~ TIWmlgemen.t activities. Your .Exc~;~Uency; ·< .· .. .. .. . ;. ·. •• " ..• . :.:· .. . , .·: . :~ .. • ' ., .. ;~ ·, ' .. . ' ' ·' ·~ ··:. . Following l.lpon your meeting with Gaetano P~llumbo, Diroottit of Archaeological · Consetvation ofthe World :M:onumen.S Fund in Paris on October I 0, we would . like to formally present .our offer of.assifitance to the Ministzy of Culture of 1raq. Upc>n your acceptance of the prop~. we will begin to. pripare a work:plan and mobilize the project hl the weeks and months ahead. . ... ·. As you kno:w, the W odd Monuments Fund (WMF) and tb.e Getty Conservation Institute {GCI) have established a colhiboration to assist lraq in tll~ reconsttuetion of its cultura1 heritage conservation infi:asttucture. Iri the'Icttcr that Dr. Palumbo h.and--deliver<>.d to you at the .time of your meeting, he indicated four areas of iiJVoiveni:ent related. .to archaeol:Ogical sites and monuments where we could c;ontriblrtc substantively. We propose jointly to aSsist the. Ministry ofCultu:re and the State Boardfor Antiquitit!S. and Heritage in the <}teas of emergency conservation of m011uments and site$. inventory and condition assessment tO help establish mid- and long-term priorities, training in the~e areas. We are also re~dy to allocate resources for a project of inventory and a..~essment of the archaeological and historic sites of Iraq. . to serve as a computeriZed too) for monit01ing arid managing the cultuml heritage . of the countiy. ln order to begin, howev.er. we propose. to establish communication and evet1tually · meet with the proressionals within the Stare Board of Antiquities who will 'help us to identify. priorities and issues in 1he prptectiQDi c6nservati0n, and mimageme.trt of cultumlheritage si~ in .lrAq. Therefore,. ifyou agree, we would be ~teful if you could as..~ign a senior pe.rSon fto-m the Ministry of adture and tbe State. J:loard of Antiquities,and Heritage to liaise andc.Ali~lcm, C~ijfomia _90<>~~-1684 ?hone 310 ~~o.n.as F.a:< $1C 440.7702 www:getey.edu · ' / . . . Mr. Muf ~<:d' al,luair OCtober ~· 2d03 :J>age-2 ·We look forwru:d wcsiablishing a dilect link with.our. ptofesSional counterparts m Iraq. This" will enable uS. t9 have a'better ~ dfyolit priorities and to plan <;>ur projeet in the mOst effectiv~ way to address your needs and expec-tations. We were . als-o wo~d..eti:n,g: whether yp~ ·oryo.ttr: repre.s.enta.t:ives · woold be ~ to attend . meefU1gs mttside-Iraq . in.·the neodilture, as tfris might pr<>vide·aJropportu.liity. fur a . petsOnal meeting .. · Our Irnq I.oitia'tive is !lllder tl1e superY.i$ion. of Bonnie JJumham, President of the WMF, a tid o(Tim \\'lw.le,n, Dfre· eror of Ute GO; tho~ witllo ~t responsibility for inrplemeJ.lta. tion and m.anagement of the initiative · are Neville Agnew (GCJ). and Gae:tano: Palumbo . (WMF). We hope. with yo11r agreement aoo tlte es(ll bl i~hment of communication between · (STET), the State Board of Antiquities and our organizations, to officially Wtiate · · the fa.qk of assi:~ting you to :restore the capabilities of the Sta~ Board and to protect and cotiSei'Ve lraq's cultUral heritage. We look-foiwanl to y<.\urreply. Yours si:ocer. ely, 'J3Qnpie Bnmham, Presldent World Monuments Fund ___, ~ _ __,....... __ tL~-:::----. . Ti o . y P : Whalen, Direetor 'fh Getty Omservation. InStitute • Page 2 of4 IDoc. 34 -----Original Message----- From:l(bl(6l, tmailtol(bJ(6J ~L(b_J(2_l _ ____, ~~f~J(~~idjl(~armber 14 '103 4:os AM Cc: culprop@pd.state.gov; j(b)(6J j(b)(6) 1 Subject: MCR's Iraq Heritage Project & forthcoming mission to Baghdad and Basra Professor John Russell Deputy Senior Advisor Ministry of Culture/Coalition Provisional Authority Baghdad, Iraq Dear Professor Russell, I (Nie your contact details to Bonnie Magness-Gardiner at the Department of State, Washington. I am writing to invite you to explore the possibility of establishing collaboration with the Malta Centre for Restoration, particularly in projects concerning cultural heritage in Iraq. May I respectfully introduce the Malta Centre for Restoration (MCR), which is incorporated by law as Malta's national agency in the provision of conservation services in the cultural heritage sector. MCR was originally established as a partnership between the University of Malta (established 1592) and the Ministry responsible for Cultural Heritage in Malta. Today it has grown into a regional centre of excellence with over 120 staff members (including some 10 different nationalities on its full-time staff) working within well-equipped spacious premises from its Malta base at Bighi, Kalkara. MCR is one of the larger conservation centres world-wide, with over 16,000 square metres of laboratory, teaching and administrative space on its Bighi campus, organised into seven main divisions. More details about MCR's Diagnostic Science Laboratories, Documentation Division and Conservation Intervention Division are available at www.mcr.edu.mt where more than 500 pages of information are posted about the Centre. MCR's operational model is that of a "teaching hospital" and one of its divisions is the Institute for Conservation and Restoration Studies (ICRS), which operates as a faculty of the University of Malta. Although created as recently as the late 'nineties, ICRS today offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses in various aspects of conservation as well as vocational training in the field. ICRS has now over 100 students in its vocational, B.Cons (Hons), M.Cons and PhD $!reams. (The B.Cons and M.Cons streams are university level11-month-per-year courses which also permit students to spend up to 50% of their time in practicum within MCR's conservation laboratories as well as a strong element of fieldwork). In 2004, two further degree programs. the B.Ooc (Hans) (ie documentation of Cultural Heritage) and the M.Sc Conservation Science. are also expected to be added to its course offerings to the international student community. While MCR's teaching programs and conservation laboratories cater tor a wide variety of artefacts (paintings, ceramics, metals, glass, stone, textiles, books, works of art on paper, wood, etc.), MCR's area of specialisation include architectural stone conservation and ICT applications in cultural heritage, especially in documentation and distance-learning. MCR has pioneered the use of SEW AN (Satellite-Enabled Wide Area Network) and SEVC (Satellite-Enabled Video Conferencing) in the cultural heritage sector and has attracted more that 3 million Euros of European Commission funding to its IKONOS program. As Contracting Authority to the European Commission, MCR has utilised the latest bandwidth-pooling technologies to successfully implement a fully- interactive network with SEWAN nodes in Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Greece, Malta and the Netherlands to mention some of the operational nodes in the 12-institution, 8 country IKONOS consortium. More details about IKONOS are available at v.~'WYdkQ!JQ$.IJ!'lrlta_g_~_,Qrg and will help you understand how, for example, in 2003, 179 students from Jordan and around the Mediterranean benefited from MCR's distance learning programmes in conservation of cultural heritage. Malta's unique heritage in the form of prehistoric temples (24 temple units across 14 sites are inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage sites) were the primary testing ground for TheaLasermetry, the hybrid methodology developed by MCR's Documentation Division for fusing digital photogrammetry, laser scanning and theodolite total station surveying systems into one of the fastest and most accurate 3D lmagin~ systems for archaeological and architectural sites available in the cultural heritage sector. With 5 papers about related methodologies 11/15/2003 ····~·--------- Page3 of4 pub I ished internationally over the past 12 months alone, MCR's experience with Thea/asermetry and other systems has made it a very active member within CIPA and the RecorOIM initiatives. The Iraq Heritage Project We understand that, since September you are now fully immersed in the cultural heritage sector in Iraq. As early as April 2003, MCR presented its Iraq Heritage Project (I-Heritage) to the US authotities and has sinoo continued to develop this project towards its aims of a US$ 130 million 10-year programme. We are writing to ensure that!- Heritage achieves synergy with other projects within Iraq and that duplication of effort is avoided while collaboration is maximized. !-Heritage constitutes 6 major sub-projects: J. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. The creation of an interim Iraq Centre for Conservation and Restoratioo (ICCR) The establishment of a technological infrastructure extending at least 10 nodes of the IKON OS network within Iraq Capacity-building of Iraqi conservation professionals through a variety of training programmes in conservation of sites and artefacts The deployment of FETs (Field Expeditionary Teams) for 3D Imaging of as many as possible of Iraq's known 1 0,000 archaeological sites The establishment of a pennanent ICCR facility The co-ordination, national and international, required for the successful implementation of!- Heritage and other projects in the sector within Iraq On the 24th October 2003, during the Madrid International Iraq Donors Conference, the Government of Malta announced that it would be making grant-in-aid available to Iraq and that this would be exclusively in the cultural heritage sector channeled through the Malta Centre for Restoration. MCR today administers a growing Iraq Heritage Fund which is dedicated exclusively to the implementation of the 1-Heritage project. It is expected thai MCR's first mission to Iraq will be taking place some time during December 2003/January 2004. We anticipate that meetings with yourself, Donny George and other persons currently active within the sector would be amongst the main objecti~es of auf visit. Ms. Magness-Gardiner has kindly undertaken to send you a copy of our !-Heritage outline plan via lb )(3 ). 1 0 during his forthcoming trip to Iraq next week and I trust that, however much that may require amendment because of subsequent developments, it will provide a useful basis for discussion. An Open Invitation While we look forward to our meeting during our forthcoming trip to Iraq, may we take this opportunity to invite you to visit Malta for 2-3 days during your next trip to Europe, during which visit we would be delighted to have you go over our facilities and enter into detailed discussions about collaboration within !-Heritage and other projects. (Should you wish to contact me directly, you may wish to note my mobile number, l(b)(2J I Looking forward to your positive response to our invitation and to our eventual meeting Regards l(b)(6) 1(6)(6) Chairman • Board of Governors Malta Centra for Restoration ~l!!.\!i .. mcr.edu.mt The Institute for Conservation & Restoration Studies East Wing, Royal Naval Hospital Bighi. Kalkara ·MALTA Project Director IKONOS - categorisation and technology-enhanced access to conservatlon education An EU-supported project within EUROMED Heritage J J www .ikonostler.iJage.org Head of Division, Law & Information Technology Research Unit, 11/15/2003 Page 4 of 4 • e-mai i :L I(b_l(_6 ~ ) Centre for Communications Technology University of Malta ~\!!J:f/hume.um . ed y.rni/lj Lru/ =------_j ~=~rs~o~n~a~ l ~A ] ss~ is ~ ta ~ n~t~to~ l ~ £b~ l ~ f6~ l ~5.2' ~D~ep~u~ty~Director IKONOS: L l(6_)_(6_) _ _ _ _J Fax:l bU2l I _ _ _j l mcbile~e:~~?\f----,. e-mail:f!Qllj(ci (b)(2) 1 11115/2003 Page 1 of4 IDoc. 35 Osio, Mario B. (ITA) ----~~==============~--------------------------- From: l ~...< b ~ )(e=) ~-------__j@lTe hope that this initiative meets with your approval and support, and we v1ould value your suggestions in the ways in which we could be most effective in the difficult challenges of the present situation in t he country. With best wishes. Yours, Timothy P. Whalen Director, the Getty Conservation Institute Bonnie Burnham President, World M onuments Fund 1 • Pagina 1 di I IDoc. 38 . Mario Bondioli ~a: L...l (b-J(-6):----;,=-=-=,....--::-----:----c::' Data invio: martedi 23 settembre 2003 2.50 Oggetto: Iraq Dear Mario (I hope you do not mind the familiarity of the address), I have heard from numerous sources that you will be taking up the position of Senior Advisor to the Iraq Ministry of Culture soon. I am extremely pleased that you will be undertaking this very important role and bel1eve that your presence will present many opportunities for improvement of the situation. You may also know that a friend of mine, John Russell, will be arriving in Baghdad in a few days (he is currently in Kuwait) to be the Deputy Advisor and I imagine that you two will be working together closely over the next several months. John is a Mesopotamian archaeologist who spent time in Iraq documenting the Nineveh reliefs in the late 1980's. He was part of the UNESCO mission that visited Baghdad in late May. He has been working . for years on the problem of looting of sites in Iraq throughout the 1990's and I have been working with him (and others in the Archaeological · Institute of America, including Mac Bell) since January tlying to avert what ultimately came to pass .. I have been very involved, particularly with the US State Department as well as American archaeologists, with the legal issues that have arisen as a result of the problems in Iraq. I am particularly concerned with the looting which has been reported at numerous sites and I am working to pass legislation in the US Congress to prohibit the import of illegally removed Iraqi cultural materials and also to amend tl1e U.S. legislation implementing the 1970 UNESCO Convention. · There are two matters of additional concern. One is that construction work may cause additionaJ damage to archaeological sites. At one point we had drafted a provision for the construction contracts that the U.S. government is giving out, but that seems to have gotten bogged down somewhere in the U.S. govenunent. The second concem is the development of the Iraqi Constitution and antiquities laws. As you can see, I have followed the situation as closely as possible. I am more than happy to be of any possible assistance, whether in tetms of legal advice or archaeological resources. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there 1s anyth1ng at all that I can do. When you have the opportunity, please let me know when you will be going to Iraq and any other interesting developments. With my best wishes, l(b)(6) . . . 24/09/2003 > j CIMIC in Uruk l(b)(6) Next Tuesday, October i", the Crisis Management Center of the Netherlands Ministry of Defense will receive a set of reports and recommendations from a unique civilian-military program that forms part of the Dutch SFIR mission to the southern Iraqi province of ai-Muthanna. The program goes under the name CIMIC, standing for Civil Military Cooperation. CIMIC is a relatively young NATO project, launched in 1997, which entails the "militarization" of civilian specialists by armed forces. Because most of Iraq is still a war zone to which civilians are not admitted, CIMIC officers are the only non- military professionals who can work on the ground in the country. To date. only the Netherlands has actually created a corps of militarized specialists under this program. One of the five areas for which CIMIC is deployed, along with humanitarian aid, civil administration, civil infrastructure and economic anrl commercial activities, is cultural affairs. In any perspective that extends beyond the immediate concerns of the occupation, the section of the forthcoming report dealing with culture is bound to be a document of supreme importance. As it happens, the territory for which the Netherlands took over military responsibility from America on 1 August includes the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk. The significance of Uruk for the history of civilization can hardly be exaggerated. The site includes the earliest known monumental architectural complex, the earliest urban agglomeration, the seat of the earliest colonial power, the finding place of the earliest writing. The site was occupied continuously from the 51 h · millennium B.C. to the 3th century A.D., with a hig~oint in the fourth millennium B.C., a period known to students of the Ancient Near East as the Uruk period. Uruk is extraordinarily precious not only for its ziggurat and temples and clay tablets, but also as a touchstone for the study of early civilizations throughout the world. It also provides a touchstone for judging our own civilization. In even a slightly more ideal world than ours, preserving Uruk would be a permanent top priority for all of mankind. As things stand today, the integrity of the site is guaranteed by nothing more than the good will of a Bedouin family and a paper-thin, non-committal, temporary line of outside support put in place by Dutch CIMIC officers on a brief assessment visit there four weeks ago. Until the American military conquest of ai:-Muthanna last March, care for Uruk fell under the responsibility of the Iraq Department of Antiquities. This agency, fo~nded in the 1920s. had an office in the provincial capital of as-Samawah, headed by an official namedl~b)(6) jAithough his staffing and budget declined drastically during the years of the UN embargo against his country (1991-2003}, in early 2003 he still had a handful of guards in service. When America conquered the province, this structure disappeared from one day to the next. The 2,500 American troops in control of ai-Muthanna from March until August had more important tasks than lhe preservation of Uruk. When they turned the province over to the Dutch, they left a long list of CIMIC tasks, which did not include safeguarding Uruk. Nonetheless, the Dutch included two cultural specialists in the 8 man CIMIC team it sent to southern Iraq in the summer of 2003. C I M IC Cu ltura~ Affairs Network manager l(b )(6) I i(b )(6) I trained in art history and archaeology, and l(b )(6) ~ a specialist in Arabic, especially Bedouin dialects. They were flown into Basra on August 16"' and after an insufficient two days to acclimatize to the brutal heat, they were flown in by Chinook Helicopter to as-Samawah. In the chaos and confusion, it took them a week to discover that [blt6l , lhad not abandoned his post, and was available to help with the safeguarding of archaeological sites. In the short time available to them, [@I] and i(b)(6) I were only able to make arrangements for Uruk, merely one, albeit the most important, of more than 100 valuable sites in the province. The Bedouins they encountered there explained that Uruk (now called Warka) belonged to them, the at-Tobe clan, by virtue of an understanding with Bedouins of other tribes, who ruled over other parts of ai-Muthanna. They wanted nothing more than to guard the site against plundering, but their power to do so was limited by lack of water and transport. The Dutch team, with its minimal means and narrow mandate. was only partly able to provide them with material support. Furthermore they called upon the newly re-installed local police force and Dutch MPs (ltblt6l , ) to keep an eye on Uruk. The chairman of the Cl M IC Network Team for Cultural Affairs, wl tb"""lt'-"6_,_ 1 ---------' ltbl(6J I is at pains to insist that the function of his team not be confused with that of a cultural NGO or tne Coalition Provisional Authority {CPA), which now exercises ultimate command over Iraq. Such bodies, if they could (as NGOs presently cannot) or desired (as the CPA does not) • ; • ------·- would be able to create programs focussed on the protection of cul1ural heritage. The ClMlC mission is to execute quick-impact, high-visibility actions in the service of force protection. If the CIMIC recommendations to the Dutch Minister of Defense include more extended . measures for safeguarding Uruk, as they presumably will, they will have to be justified by military arguments. Irrespective of this, one hopes that they will be implemented quickly, and will stay in place until the Iraq Department of Antiquities once more takes proper charge of its tasks. In the meanwhile, one can only be thankful that two militarized Dutch cultural specialists, the only ones in all of Iraq, have been able to do as much as they did. ' • - - - -·----- - - 1Doc.40 ..·.:. . ; .. ~ : ~~"' •-:.,._:-... .. ••• ';;j; , : ;::. :-,~ ~:. ~ (',. . ;•:,;,: .. . ... ... . .. . ... Tour offue, MEF modL~catioilS at camp Babyl on. m!l_de.2~ tl!: .JlllY -03 a,nd' added t.o ·it '-''Ould .fu~n , havc.-b~eit water«} daUy t_" of '\;he Or.eet<.. amplii:the.atr:e. Preswn.ab!y ihis:area was prepped ·also. A c.Oupfeoffud . ~~ ': -;::~: \ ~anker~ are p musetu:u and was s.u;ffidenily.~l~iirting with bulldozine ~ st~: JiPJl,~tiqg to ~dt~~rtl;te . ?~·-·\ earth etc. th~tl(b)(6) land ltl)tervened and ~sked t11e. camp c~andant : · c ~- ;;. ,, ·. j(6)(3): 1 o I to s~op the work and not to us~ tha area as a tru.ek park as 'originall:Y. juteuded. · .. •• · · Aft area notih of this was starting to be'u.Sed to &tote containe.~ frding crthe: in:e.e,rular su.r.fac-e o(unexcavated p~ou.n ds,. either way the sur:fate·\W-s b.uUdozed .flat. Ifseems likbly (t\at this will hav~ .c;famaged' archaeological deposits as they are gene.$lly do.se· to the sunaee in. ihl$ part of the site. ·· . . . The southe.::n l~1ding zone near the southern ECP (entry : check .l)Qitil) to the \vest · of the. . road wa:~ appar: ently n10Stly gardens \.tiith ridg¢$ and dit ¢ b~ r~r itrlg~tj'pn U:ke ~h e r.e.rnaining area immediatdy north of it. TheS.e ridges .. wer~ b.~W~~eillriver silt. Some·uf the O.unkers::utiiitJ?d ll)e ct>ntr~ t e . b.a$1er,·~~ which reduce gr:e~.ty: .the : am91;"n _ H;>.f.-i:\iggil}g ·th!lt iS' do~e -, _In oih~ areas.ofi:hft ~i.t~ .(>O I ~CI!;fe above gi'p.Q.nd.b!Jll'{I;Cll"S a r~ the noUn. ' • • .· ... ··--~ .:t~:.;:~ ·rhe one a. rea of fue.seuthem helieQpter lane:ing zone w.hete -ircMeo 1o : gi . ealdamage.: t$Y ~it~£i hnve been done. is et its sou1h.east-em. · end :clo~lo the .ro:ul.. :wh~ ~ii'iO.~ was eut i~f .}'f~ . . .. .. . ..., - .... .. ~ ...... ~~ a si:M fo0t ~ecti.on in some p~s. Outside ~e. . fel"lce . l~e tQ.e.· tbfi~ Q"( tfii.a . ~i ~ar .)lloUilq _··.'~~.~*t "lias a l'afe 1S:I~1 J jic ruin qn top oflt whiCh is : be~g ·.u~ as: rot ob$emfi;e-Q post. Thi~· · ;, :))};~~;_~~ landiDg zon~ is now· going -out o fuse· and · the helicopterS ate··b~ ~~· r~laced by tents. for· , · ;:: ·-· .~~: :. the .. .Polish Coalition forces. : : .. -.-:~~;; ~ - ~<~ - ~~~.: :.: : : ·.: •.. :.::·:;· .. :. Other. campsi-tes include · •:. > ·. Y.:> 1. SW of the Saddam: palace mo~ ~d o.n thf;' west hank·of the. ri:.ver an existing group ~·.···· •. : of buildings and car parks have been used as a camp. w. ith terrts In " the eat parkS. This wiil ;;: .. have had - no aiehaeologicat effect . • , , , . . .. .. •' ,. . . . . . : -2.. NB of tb.c Saddam palac.e mound in groves-. ~fp~m. tf.ees:$everaHents were'pitched · w:ith Sqlpe _gl:av~lin.g between the trees for v:ebic:les et¢. A 'burtkt.r haS- be. en' dtigln the .laSt week within the camp just west of the fencing fuW,; · ~n:<;lpse\) the ~1cttlt pa~Q"e rn.ou®s at thi~:> point This Stt:Ucture is around 20 ll ion& i~ ft,. w ; i4e· and· 3 fi cie~. U.r~pootion otth.e : se¢tian \nside di.d no\ reveal any atchaeologi,~l ~aten~; ~t . ~pp .~ars .. ~ be rt't~er silt However/it was dg,g ::tt a ti)ne when there was sttppo.Sdd to ·b-e. · corlsufmtioti re.: any earth moving a:ctivities, ir\vas not there on 21t1 liilywboo fencirtg·Wa$ measUt~c,t in thiS tU'ea; 3: lmmedi~tety .S f>fthe t eco~~t~ SQu th.em ~lfic~ of.¥~ bu~l: ~ a£l!1~zar. ' · '111i.s w~ already a flat area (pqssibly as a result of -tli~ r:eco;lSI,Tt,ldion 9f the $. ottt1renl Palace}. TheF~fore it will not have required any bulidoziilg o£·fla1teruzi.g., Th~:usual ; re . d eanb..was dumped,. -cotnpacted and gnivele~ and portakab"UiS tben p1ac~ 6ri it. "041C. ~a i~ n&ed. f.Ot . l.a:ge fl·uck~· . Jr:J.. ge.-neral tcrms the us~ of bulldozers,. steam rollers aild< h6. avy· :ven 1 ic.les · on archaeologh~al. de~)OSi.tl\ i· s Very bad neWS. indeed, as it. is OfikJ:Jy to cruSh. and destroy OQjec.f.S iUld featureS, Close to the river b.O\vever, it seem.s likely th~t rtlQ~ . t areas hlffve· a . .f~J~t of river ®It seal\ng o.uy archaeological qeposits and therefore adiv.ities: ;it · tlie··su.rfa.ce ·will have les$ itnpact. Further away from the river, i.ri the area ofthe amphitheatre and ihe nof:he-.m beticopter landing zone arehaeolog!caJ deposits are tJ: ot eo.ver.ed ;by- : sev~tal feet of ri-ver .silt. and theretore a.nY bulldozing. compacting !Pld ~LSi:!' o.f b~avy mach.ir.iety w.ill.}lave a .much more detri.mental efft:ct. · . ' . . 1(9)(~) Page 1 ofl !Doc. 41 Osio, Mario B. (ITA) --------·---.....·~--~----·,_..._,..._,,.,~-~--·w-.- ....... --""" • w •·- From: Osio, Mario B. (ITA) Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:57 PM To: l(b)(6) I Cc: Kennedy, Patrick Amb FW: Samarra .... ---~- Subject: Importance: High Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged 1(5J(6J I Please read the attached document. It deals with damage inflicted by American Forces to the precious Ottoman town of Samara' a, a jewel of Iraqi Heritage. I recommend urgent action. Mario ----Original Message---- From: Osio, Mario B. (ITA) Se • ay, November 11, 2003 3:39PM To~ (bJ(6J j(bJ(2J I Subject: Samarra Importance: High Sirs, the Arab original was given to me, in my capacity as Senior Advisor, by H.E. the Minster of Culture, M.Jazairi. Could you please review the translation and provide further information on the locality where these unfortunate actions are taking place? Could you email to me a more complete report on the situation in Arab or in English? I will try to do my best to stop the actions you describe. Best regards, Mario Bondioli Osio Ambassador Senior Ministry Advisor Iraqi Ministry of Culture -~Ori~inal Message----· From: (b)(6J I Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:27 PM To: Osio1 Mario B. (ITA) Subject: As requested 1111112003 .. Ministry of Culture State Board of Antiquities and Heritage Department of Investigations and Excavations P.O Box: 8056 Tel: 5378732 E-Mail: l(b!(6J, @](bJ(2J I Baghdad-Republic of Iraq To I Ministry of Culture I Minister's office Re: Destruction . The American Forces have ruined the Big Al-Malwiya Information office and they have changed the riding square. They made Madaq AI Tabul Palace a place to throw the garbage and they throw garbage in there every day. In addition to that, they entered Al Kelafa Palace and they have flattened the ancient hills by driving tanks over them continuously. For your further infmmation ...... with regards l(b)(6J I Acting Head of the State Board of Antiquities Copy to/ - Head of the Board's office - Department of Investigations and Excavations - Salah ad Din House of Inspections I Samara'a - Files ------. . . . . -.-- ------- 1 Doc.43 CPA MINISTRY OF CULTURE- BAGHDAD A sketch program of urgent restorations for important Iraqi Monuments In the very long lasting history of Iraq there are many important monuments which testify the imprint of this land on the civilization of mankind. Among them, of course, arc the archaeological sites as BabyJon, Ur, Assur, Niniveh, Nippur, and many others. A rough statistics lists about 10.000 archaeological sites in Iraq. The current efforts of the CPA and the Ministry of Culture are to establish an Archaeological Site Protection Corps, under the SBAH (State Board of Antiquities and Heritage) to control and protect the sites in strict coordination with local police stations. But beside this enonnous amount of sites there are a few key monuments, part of the cultural and historic heritage of Iraq, which are in a serious peril of decay and that need a very urgent intervention to be saved. At the top of this list we can put at least four monuments/places which deserve our attention also because their loss could have a terrible psychological effect on the Iraqi people. They are namely the palace of Taq-1 Kisra (Ctesiphon), the al-Hadba or Now· minaret in Mossul, the Jewish-Islamic complex of K.ifel, and the ruined Castle ofKirkuk. A short description of each of these monuments will follow, together with an analysis of its present state, and, finally, some suggestions tor a prompt "first aid" project. Taq-i Kisra- Ctesipbon The large palace of Ctesiphon was built during the Sasanian period by order of the king Khusraw II (591-628 A.D.), and is an outstanding masteipiece of world architecture. Its location is in the neighborhood of Baghdad, at south-east of the present town, near the Tigris river, and not very far from Seleucia, one of the most important Hellenistic towns of antiquity. Ctesiphon was the capital city of the Sasanian Empire, which lasted several centuries and was defeated by the Arabian tribes which were since few years converted to Islam. The fame of the palace was ubiquitous, and many literary sources magnify its role. There were paintings on the walls. mosaics, slabs of chosen marbles, and among the •'furniture" one very famous carpet called "The spring of Khusraw''. embroidered with emeralds and other precious stones. Of course nothing of these materials remains in situ after the pillaging which occurred around the year 642, except part of its arch;tecture which is by itself a wonderful achievement. What remains nowadays of the main palace is one very large iwan (an iwan is a barrel vaulted structure with three walls and the fourth open in front of a large court), which is large about 23 meters from side to side, some 30 meters high and about 50 long. The very characteristic shape of the arch- a SOli of parabolic arch - has a very important and unique feature: it is a self-sustaining structure, that means it has been built without an extensive scaffolding sustain. So the Taq-i Kisra iwan is currently considered one of the most interesting and important architectures of the antiquity, due to the very original teclmical solutions given by anonymous but genial architects to an engineering challenge. This monument has suflered of se1ious damage throughout the ages: in photographs taken in the late 19lh century it is still possible to see that flanking the iwan there were two I remaining walls, but today only one, not in good condition, is still standing. Many restorations have already been d01te during the past decades, but the necessity of an urgent static analysis coordinated study of the surroundings of the monument together with consolidations, and, maybe, a well directed archaeological campaign should not be delayed further. It is difficult to figure the cost of a radical, definitive setting up ofTaq-i Kisra, until new surveys of the conditions after this war are done. The cost of the necessary studies, of clearing up the land around the site, scientific excavations to bring the monument to the original ground level of floor, can be estimated in about 1.8/2.0 millions US $. Bibliography Bruno, A, The preservation and restauration of Taq-Ktsra, in "Mesopotamia", I, 1966, pp. 89·108. Kroger, J., Ctesjphon, in "Encyclopaedialnmica", III, 1989, pp. 155-159. Lacoste, H., L 'arc de Ctesiphon ou taq Kesra (Mesopotamie}, in "Sumer", X, 1954, pp. 3-22. 2 .. -------------------·--------- - --.--.-. - --. -AI Hadba an·Nuri ofMossul The northern Iraqi tovm of Mossul has been a very important place in Islamic history. During the XIllh century, Zengi, a Turkish blood military chief, became the leader of the Anti-Crusade coalition, and tried to unify northern Syria (namely what is called the Jazira region) and the country of Mossul. The son of Zengi (from his name the Zengid dynasty), Nur ad-Din (the so called Norandin in the western literary sources) kept on with his father work. When he died (1171 AD) his own son was still a child of eleven years, and a Kurdish officer (named Salah ad-Din or Saladin) was appointed as his tutor and succeeded Nur ad-Din becoming SuJtan of Egypt and SYJia after the death of the last Fatimid caliph. Mossul itse)f became an important artistic centre and during the reign of Badr ad-Din Lu' lu (1222-1259), formerly a slave, maybe an Armenian or a Black), all kinds of arts, architecture, miniature painting, metalwork, developed to a very high standard of quality. Nur ad-Din was very fond of architecture and managed to patronize a lot of buildings (more than Saladin did) and in Mossul there were recorded seventeen madrasa (Koranic schools). One of the most interesting buildings in Mossul was the mosque al-Nuriyya, with an old mihrab and carved colunms which are signed by Mustafa alJBaghdadi and are dated 1148. Some precious decorations in stucco - a very widely used material in all Islamic periods - in the cupola and on the octagonal drum are dating from the reign of Badr ad- Din Lu'lu. The mosque has been transformed in the .A'Vth century by works ordered by the Aq Qoyyunlu Uzun Hasan and later on by the Ottomans. The minaret of the mosque is of a typical tall cylindrical shape, very popular in the Seljuk period. Now its appearance is rather strange as it Jeans down similarly to the famous Pisa Tower. Although it was restored at the end of tbe seventies, nowadays is going on a process of decay and there are cracks at the basement of the monument. A quick intervention is strongly suggested , starting from a study of the surround1ng area, up to a reinforcement of all the structures by the most advanced technical equipmcnts. The estimated cost is around 1.000.000 U.S. $. I Dhu'l-Kifl Shrine Dhu'l-Kifl is situated in a village Known as ai-Kifl, midway between Hilla (Babylon) and najaf, about l30km south of Baghdad. The complex is composed of a mosque, a turba (shrine) with an extemal dome of conical shape with muqurna.s, and a minaret. According to very old jewish traditions the shrine contains the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel, also revered by the Muslims as one of the prophets mentioned in the holy Koran (21:85 and 38:48). It is not precisely known when this place became a religious centre, most probably since at least the Vlth century B.C. The shrine has been for many centuries under Jewish control, until the Ilkhanid (Mongols) rulers of Iraq in 1316 decided after building a turba or shrine, the mosque and the minaret, to shift its custody to Muslim hands. The guardianship of the place remained to Muslims until the beginning of the twentieth century. A Jewish merchant, namely Minahaim Daniel, was able to persuade The Ottoman Sultan ruling Iraq to hand back the custody of the shrine to Jews. He also renovated the shrine and added to it many interesting Hebrew panels. A vaulted souklbazaar was also built next to the mosque, and this structure still is known as Souk Daniel. The shrine is nowadays under the Awaqf authority and the State Board of Antiquities aml Heritage is responsible for the security and maintenance. In the last few months and particularly last April a looting of the shrine occurred and te buildings suffered a great damage and most of the Hebrew paneJs were stoJen, as only one survived. However the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage has photographs of all the inscriptions which could be restored. According to estimates done by the officers of the Iraqi State Board of antiquities the cost of repairs of the interior of the shrine is about 20.000 US $,and for the prayer hall of the mosque 10.000 US $. The cost of the repainting of the Hebrew panels could be around 15.000 US$, and the restoration of the Souk Daniel- one of the few of this kind still surviving in Iraq- will be of36.000 US$, for a total cost of91.000 US$. Dhu'J-Kifl is a very important place were the tradition of coexistence of different etlmic and religious communities, maldug a serious restoration particularly urgent on the basis of cultural and political reasons. ... Kirkuk Castle Kirkuk is an impm1ant town in the north east of Iraq. As many places around this country, Kirkuk has a very rich past, which roots are so deeply established that is impossible to trace them back to a fixed date. In medieval times Kirkuk was one of the main stop over centers in the main trade route from the Gulf up to Anatolia and Europe. It passed from hand to hand and to different Islamic dynasties during the centuries, always remaining a strategic town due to its goo graphical position. One of the most important ruling - dynasties was the Turkoman one during the XV -XVI centuries. Most of the important Islamic cities had a wal1ed citadel where the local court took their seat. The Castle of Kirkuk has been for centuries very well known for its interesting architectural features. The Kirkuk Castle was destroyed almost completely during the past few years, and its present state is today a rather poor one. Although its remains are very impressive, to start a proper program of restorations, scholarly done preliminary studies are needed. The State Board of Antiquities and Heritage should have old photographs of the Castle and, maybe, a relief of the site. The most urgent problem is to control the present conditions of the Kirkuk Castle, and starting with a survey of the buildings and ruins to prepare a rehabilitation program. It is also necessary to underline the symbolic meaning for Kirkuk of this monument and the impact that such a restoration program could have on the Iraqi people. For the preliminary studies and the documentation of the Castle of Kirkuk a sum of 10.000 to 20.000 US$ is a fair rating figure. r IDoc. 45 14 May 2003 Request for Wednesday 21 May Air support Name of Requestor: Ll(b_l( 6 _l __________ __JI ORHA Civil Admin Specific requirement: Survey of alleged looting of archeological sites in the AI Nasiriyah area. Request to depart BIAP at approximately 0800 and return approximately 1730. Requested areas to be visited. To visit: Nipur Umma Lagash Tallii/Ur Uruk UTM 521142 3554500 584346 3502565 645723 3478645 Possible Refuel 560739 . 3465789 To fly over: Umm AI Haffriyat Adab Tello Larsa I sin 5590 5580 6115 5695 526127 35500 35350 34920 34610 . 3527935 l(bJ(6l I(SSN to be provided) Plus 8-10 from 352 CACOM (names and SSNs to be provided) Total16-18 passengers. r I Doc. 46 .. . . • 14 May 03 From : l(bJ(6l . .!(Civil admin, Ministry of Culture) To: CFLLC LNO and ORHA Watch Subj: LOCATIONS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL LOOTING . ·-:·, . . :: . . . . . . '.·~ .· .. 1. The Iraq Museum and Ministry of Culture has received numerous reports of : ·· . · ..• ·· ·.· serio~s looting a~cheological area in the AI Na~iriyah ~rea. Th~ following are, th~ ·,/',~ ... ·~· most Important s1tes that reportedly have ongomg lootmg and Illegal excavatron. . · · ·. ::f.: . .:. ·. Request periodic patrols in the areas to drive off and deter illegal activities until · .. · ·;; ,::·\:.:: ·· the Ministry of Culture can install adequate security. This list has been ·. · · ;;; . · • coordinated with the Iraq Museum staff and j(bJ(6l . I of the University. ·· · .. · ·· of Chicago. . ;.// Modern name UTMX UTMY ... . . .. :··:'. ··.:·-·. . :· . . 1. Bismaya 2. Tello 3. Tell Senkereh 4 Tell AI Hiba 5. Tell Nuffar 6. Tell Umm AI Aqarib 7. Warka 8. lbzaykh . 9. Madain 10. lshan Bahriyat 1 t. Tell Wilaya 12. Tell Schmid 560451 595. 874 581518 645723 521142 588818 560739 583629 595914 526127 562103 579585 3585970 3473886 3461356 3478645 3554450 3497661 3465789 3511415 3473332 3527935 3575447 3511855 ... ReQards, l(b)(6) Sites Ancient name Modern Name UTMX · UTMY Highest (3) to Lowest (1) Priority dk Abu Gubur/Qubur 414036 3672679 3 Arrapha Kiri~ .............................................. ..-.. _ ......... • ••••••• !..J - .... ······ ................................. ···--···· ............ T......... .. .. . ............... ·--······;---···· ................................ -i ! ...................................... -AI Shura 1 38! 12i l .............. , ..... _,.. . ., .... ······-······ .. ··-·-· ........................... , .......... -··-····-· . . ..... .. ......., ..... ,. ............... -·· ·' .. .. .......... ···-· .: !"A1 sh kan· · -··--··--- ·-·---r ... ··-·---··· 2"1· .. ·-·----·-· ·1·1 :_.._.._._ ........ Y...M•00-'<6» >< .... .- - A O .. N-HOo~-'''"'"''*•0,••'-' ... *•. • •' • .. • • • • • • • • .. " • • • •• •••" • .. ...........,,...., •• •••• • .. _.........., ............. •• • -·-· - ff at keeT- • .. _ ... • • • •• •" •" ·~·" ... ~,. ....... , •• _, .-. "'• n •••• • • • • •• .. _,_ • .................. .. -·· .. r . . .. • .... •• •• •• .......,.. ........ ••• • • ',.... -······ ···42r ............................. 12-l .......... .......... .... .........--.......... ............-.. .... ._.._..._._ _ .............. _ ••• ! •• .,. ,.,,.,,..,,_ -~· --- -·-·--- At Ta'min province total site: 110 total guards: 21 ! }~~£~ .. -- ------- -· - · ·· ---· · · · - - - - · ·--· - Number of sites Number of guards --r ~~!l - ~~L- ---1 ·---r o · > l~~ - ~~~ . L. ........ 2 . 1'1 ' ' . I . -~ ~ · · --"' ·-·-- _ ........ _ , __ .,. __ ~ .,.._......,. .. _ ................................... -···--·-··--·· ..... ~ ......,._........,., .......... .. -~·· ........ · ·-· ........... .... ······- -· ............. . _ ._ .... 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A ------·- ·-· ------ -- - - .. .. . ______ _ _ ___ ..._ ............ ............... ........... ·- -·- · .... .... _ _____ ...... -.-- - ----·---~ ---- ~ ~~~~! __ ... .. _ ___ ~~# ·--- ~~-- L. ~-- --- ~ - -- · -- --~ J .. - - ............ .... - --· . ...... - - - -- - - .. ...... .... .... ··d .. · -- --· - - -- - . . ....................... .. ............ --· . . --· .......... - K .... _ _ _ ______ _ 1. ~J . - ...... , · -·---. -------- -----'! 1 Salad ! 23 18! . ~ .......... r s ... __ _ .,. _____ __ ,__,_...,_. _______ ,.....,_.. ....... - -~-----·--·- . .,... · · -= --- · · ·· .. ---- .. -----·--- . - · --- ---- ... · ---· ..... __ .................... _ l ____ ______ ,., _ _ .,.. _ _ ___ .... · -- --·---· · - · · .... ....,.. ......... · · 8 1 .. -- -- - .. ------· - · 31 ...... 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L .. --- .. ............. ?~L ........................... . --- ~- ' ! i Diyala province total site: 693 total guards: 210 i l?.:tricts . ~ .. ~ - ~. qY..~ . f3. .......... ...... ... ··-·-· -- - ,{ estimate). ·- - .............. .......................... _L _____ ........ _ .. ~2 Number of sites Number of guards ....... ~ r~Upa~·-··· . ·: .... _ .... _... . J. § .J 'f -···- - - ·· ---·- •• __ .. ____ ...... ....................... ._ . . -. ............ ..••• .... --- .... ' ....... ·-r---'"'' .... --..... ... ··- .. ··. !AI Khales i 34' 7 i - ··- ---- .. . .................................. , ........ ......................................... ~·-······· -· -···· -·· .. --~ ................. .,~ ... ..... ·-. ... . . • - .. .... .. ,_,.,, .. _ ...........,..._ ... ,,..,,,;''''''''' """ ' I _ ,.,. .... _,....-...,..,,_,, __ , . ,,, I. 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Number of sites Number of guards _ tti~teL ___ __ 261{~Stif11ate) ... . _ _ _ 1'1 .. 1 · - · ····-.__.c Babil province total site: 450 total guards: 11 0 Karbala province total site: 83 tota1 guards: 38 Number of sites Number of guards -·· --- -- !?.~~ . ! ~!.~ ... . ... . .. ____ ... _ .. _.. .. 1 (es U'!1'3~L -·- - - _ _ j~~~!!.l.!~L .... __ .. .. .. - ~ -~ ... ~.IJ.~ .~. ?. . i. f.1 _i _ ~_ ~Y~.IJ .. .!~.r:D .9. . ~ .r. ..... . .. t . .......... . .. .. .. - . ...... a~.L-....... --·· · ---~ -~ .! ---- -····--·-- ---- ... An Najaf province total site: 61 total guards: 34 Number of sites Number of guards f r···-=---· ........ Dislrlcts ti ···-·- ----· ··-· -· ··-------· · )~~l_ll~ . t~ L.. ·--·~r~ ..!!).•••••w"'"' "' ""'-"'" ' '""''--~ , ......................................................................................................... _ .... , ............................................. '!'""'"""' ...................... .......... 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J ---- - --- _ ,_ AI Qadisiya ·province total site: 144 total guards: 92 Number of sites Number of guartts r /istri~ ---·······- .. ·-··--· .......... _.... - -· ·---t ~:S.ti .f!.!a.l~ )_ _ __ 4c / ~ - ~~l~a.~.L _ ____ 2'f t.. ... .......... .... ... . . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ... . ... .......... ............. ............. .... . .... ....... ... L ................................ , ..... 1. ...................................... .J lA fa~.::: ~~-- .... - - - ..... .... ..... :==:· =-~- ................................. : ............... ··: : · ·· ·=· - · : :1. § . ! ..... :. · : . · :~.~-----· .·.·_= j:~ J :--""-'' . -····---··---······· .. 1 _ .................. __ [ ............. - ....• - ......... l I , ............................ Y . ' .. ' :AI Bed er ; 13 11 ' - .................. · -· ......... ·-·- ·- ............. ........... -·· ... _ ........ E ..... ....... ........... ' •• " ... ·----. • .. - ••• ••••••••••• • .. ......... 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' '""-::;"1 " " .... t -- l ~L~ham~a_____ _____ _ _ ......... .. ; ................ - - ........ ~ L ........... .. -----~ · _ ::: :::···· . . . . ·:_~_--_____ ·::~::. · .· .. : .......... ·---~- :.: . L.:~ ....... :: .......... :::~ .. · .. ·.-·. 11·.·. ·.: ·.::.~:~.=~=-· -· ___ . ~ j"'' ....... , . ........... ou ~"' -~·- ~;o !Of' ----·-- ' . ............ -···Mr"_ .... ---··"-:::1 :Gamas i 121 ... 6! ) .... # ____ ....... .. ........ ................ _ _. ...................................... J ...................... .............................................................. . r::--· .... - _ ........... ....,........ .... .................................. .,.......,~ ...... _...... .. .... -.... "':'- .......... -~ .............. ~ 1 Nafar i 2/ 1 J - - ;...._,.. .. _.,.. __ ... ---·~· ....... .............. _.. ... __ ~ ...................................... : . ... . .. ................. " ....................................... .. ., .............. . - .. ....... -.... .. ..... -................ ..................... ..,.., ........... -- ... ·-···;r-· ..... - - .... .................. ~ lSummar 1! 27! 19! - .............................. ...................... ~ ..... .. ~ ...................................................... , ........................................... ......... _ .... ,._ ....... . ~~ Y!.~ - ~ ----- AI Muthana province total site: 152 totat guards: 39 Number of sites Number of guards ,!?~ ~!;.~ ---· .. .. _ _____ , (~stimate) __ . "T (esUma~) .. _ . . .... , i/ f 152j 39l t.: ....................................... ................... -······-- ........................ - ·-··--···· .•.•••• : .............. , ....•.•..•• - - ................... .......... · · ----~·····:.1 Maysan province total site: 252 ---- - ----------------------- ! ~istricts ·-~· .. .. ... .. .. ... ............ . ....... ................ -··--· ··--······ '' ....... !.. ' ... total guards: 146 fest!~~ l_ Number of sites Number of guards f ____ 252f estimate) _ 461 ···--- ...... l. ........ - .......... ·- · .. ····---· .. t Dhi Qar province total site: 105 total guards: 133 Number of sites Number of guards ---------- ---------- v.D l~.!ti ~~- ---- _ _____ $ ~~m~} ----·-----..< ~ - ~~maleJ _ ............ .. I . 1 105 133 --- ... .. _ _., ........... ......... , ,._______ ............................ ... , _ ..... .-.. ~ .. .................. . ... . l ............. ...... _...... ...... , . . _ , , ,, AI Basrah province total site: 1 0 ~ist r L c~ -------- -- -- - -- - - -- ----- - t !l!!r'!mte~ total guards: 9 Number of sites ·-----"·-·-·····-- - ---'----·-· .. -· .•• t .. ,._ ---- · --1 ·of~~ - ' i!f! ~le } Number of guards -~- - 91 ··-·-·- ""''"'"""'"..) Ninawa province total sites: 801 total guards: 205 district AlAyadha Al Ayadha AIAyadha AlHadher AIHadher AI Hadher AI Hadher AI Hadher AI Hadher site Flea's hill grave yard Ma'ar AI Zab hill Ma'ar A1 Zab western hill Abu Zarha hill Ajeel Bridge (Sultan's river) Al Shaheed hill Al Thea'b ruins Hamed Garbi ruins Al Hadher AlHadher AIHadher Hamed Sharqi ruins Makasga hill Makasga hill Raj em Al Saied Hassan hill AlHadher Sahel Hamed hill AIHadher AI Hadher Shyh Shok hill The Eastern Tayeesh hill AlHadher AlHamdanya The western Tayeesh hill AlHamdanya AI Hamdanya . 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