Parlous State of Libyan Cultural Heritage 'Protection'

According to Peter Tompa, the raghead Libyans have no Cultural Administration

Libya is divided and ruled by two competing governments and its territory is controlled by six major militia factions, and many smaller parties and entities. There is no single effective Government of Libya that controls Libyan territory. [...] The cultural administrative staff of Libya appear in the request to have been scattered and in considerable disorder. The request fails to demonstrate that there is currently a government hierarchy capable of administering cultural heritage in much of the country, even if it wished to do so. The request provides numerous examples of failure by the Libyan government to address cultural heritage issues. It notes that
- “[A]rtifacts, which had been excavated from temples, were also stolen from the storerooms.”
- “Museums have also been vandalized and looted by invading militias.”
- “There are also reported thefts from museums and storerooms of documented and undocumented objects.”
- "[A]ll of the country’s twenty-four museums are closed.” Lacking government support, Department of Antiquities staff “continue to take personal responsibility for the objects housed in their institutions.”

CPIA restrictions may only be applied after less onerous “self-help” measures are tried.  The Libyans are quite clearly unable to do this and must forfeit the rioght to tell American collectors what to do.