 they figured the looters would go after symbols of the Ba'ath party, like palaces.But the US finally did get there... Bogdanos had managed to find a sympathetic person in the military brass, thanks in part to press coverage, who supported his mission, despite opposition from many people in the military, and eventually, also despite a lack of interest or caring on the part of many civilian bureaucrats, even from the UN.A great deal of the end of the book is spent discussing and analyzing the problems of stopping the illegal trade in antiquities.