Jordan Returns 2,500 Stolen Artifacts To Iraq
"The repatriation is latest step in recovering about 15,000 priceless artifacts that were smuggled out of the country by looters during the chaos following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and have been turning up at art auctions around the world. Many were taken from the national museum in Baghdad, and thousands more were looted from archeolgoical sites." CBC 06/23/08

Posted June 25, 2008 05:53 AM