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12-15-2016, 08:00 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eQ1yU0ttkWHpD8F.N.3UfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/8734e19ebf39ddceb0b27b6ae0ea3f0be3af1221.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/us-claims-antiquities-looted-block-resale-234839076.html)The United States filed suit in court Thursday to recover an ancient serpentine ring and gold coins trafficked by the Islamic State group in a move aimed at preventing stolen Syrian and Iraqi antiquities from disappearing into collectors' hands. The US attorney filed a forfeiture claim in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the antiquities, thought to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The antiquities, including a neo-Assyrian stele, were identified from cell-phone pictures and other electronic media seized from powerful IS commander Abu Sayyaf, who was killed in a US Special Operations raid in eastern Syria in May 2015.
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