UH-HUH: Now that journalists are doing it, it’s not so bad:
Whether it is called souvenir hunting or looting, bringing back items from a war is a time-honored practice. . . . Reporters also have a long tradition of carrying back mementos from overseas assignments.
Yeah, when reporters do it, it’s a time-honored tradition! But when it’s impoverished Iraqis claiming back a bit from the tyranny that has oppressed them for decades it’s anarchy!