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[Schneemann]

Iraq's National Museum re-opens 6 years after looting

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's National Museum re-opened to the public Monday, nearly six years after it was pillaged in the chaotic days following the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Some 15,000 irreplaceable artifacts were looted in May 2003, of which only about 6,000 have been recovered.

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