Dec 22 2012

Antiquities smugglers arrested in Iraq

By Basem al-Rikabi Azzaman, December 22, 2012 Police in the southern city of Nasiriya say they have seized 131 Mesopotamian artifacts in two raids on what they describe as “smuggler hideouts” and have arrested two “smugglers” in their raids. According Radhi al-Zarkani, assistant police chief in the Province of Dhiqar, 40 artifacts were seized in [...]