Missing Iraqi antiquities located in PM Maliki's office
BBC
21-Sep-2010 (3 comments)

More than 600 antiquities have been returned to the Iraqi National Museum after they were found in boxes in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's office.

The missing historical artefacts, some dating back thousands of years, had been smuggled out of Iraq at various times and ended up in the US.

They were moved back to Iraq in early 2009 but went missing after that.

Antiquities Minister Qahtan al-Jubouri blamed "inappropriate handover procedures" for their disappearance.

It is not clear exactly how the artefacts disappeared from view after being returned to Iraq.

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afshinazad

Leader or Thief

by afshinazad on Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:01 AM PDT

These artefacts goes back to 5000 BC and what is arabs been trying to destroy the assyrian people and assyrian empire history, which are native of that land and still around one million of them still living in there and they are christian and you could imagine why and even they have a history which goes back to first civiliziation  of human and most Iranian know them as ASHOORY and they live in IRAN as well and they are christian and kind and very honest people and unfortunately almost 70% of them since 1979 have move to western countries and I have a lot of friends from this honest assyrian Iranian. 


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by Shepesh on Sun Oct 10, 2010 01:08 PM PDT

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mahmoudg

at the end of the day

by mahmoudg on Tue Sep 21, 2010 08:19 AM PDT

we middleeasterners are all thiefs, and opportunists.  Just look at the state of our country. Iran.  opportunism led to the downfall of the shah and resurgence of Islamic militarism, which he and his father had quelled so well for so long.  


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