Iraq aftermath: Power struggle - British Museum leads rescue bid for Iraqi heritage Antiquities From: The Independent on Sunday | Date: April 20, 2003| Author: James Morrison Arts and Media Correspondent | Copyright 2003 The Independent on Sunday. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The world's leading museums are to join forces to send an emergency team to Iraq to help rebuild its shattered cultural heritage. The Louvre, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, New York's Metropolitan and the Hermitage in St Petersburg are among those preparing to contribute to a task force led by the British Museum.

The alliance is being co-ordinated by Neil MacGregor, the British Museum's director, who last week pledged to send his own curators to help assess the extent of the cultura...