Let nobody say that both sides of a story never get an airing. The news that 11 rare flutes had been destroyed by U.S. customs officials has been greeted with horror by the music community. The instruments--nay flutes, actually--belonged to the Canadian musician Boujemaa Razgui.
Yet, Foreign Policy magazine carries the story from the good people at customs.
"The fresh bamboo canes were seized and destroyed in accordance with established protocols to prevent the introduction of plant pathogens into the United States," a spokesman told the magazine. He also said that Razgui's luggage had not been claimed (which Razgui denies) and that the musician was not asked before the instruments were destroyed.
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