Jordan Confiscates More Than 200 Iraqi Artifacts From Travelers in 10 Days

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAX8BG1YHD.html

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordanian customs officials have confiscated more than 200 Iraqi artifacts from foreign and Iraqi travelers in the last 10 days, many apparently stolen from museums and archaeological sites, the director-general of the Customs Department said Wednesday.

Mahmoud Qteishat said the smuggling attempts included the use of a humanitarian aid plane returning from Iraq. Customs officials at Marka airport found 24 artifacts on the plane, including bronze statues, clay pots and stamps in different sizes dating back to the ancient Sumerian era.

Customs agents at the Iraqi-Jordanian border seized a car carrying some 168 Iraqi artifacts, including small statues, clay manuscripts, tablets and Sumerian stamps, Qteishat said. He said the smugglers were Iraqis.

Qteishat told The Associated Press that the confiscated items will be stored at Amman's Archaeology Department and returned to Iraq when the security situation is restored.

Nobody was arrested.

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1. Aren't smugglers supposed to be arrested?

By someone at least? One more thing to blame on the admin!

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2. They can't arrest them.No one would be left to run FOX news if they did n/