Artifact smuggling aids Iraq insurgents
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080318/capt.cd80f9b641594e9492afac3f7c7a12c3.iraq_looted_antiquities__nywd107.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=tb8jhcugtzgGuDhLVCAmxA--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="A US soldier looks at a painting as workers at Baghdad's Archaeological Museum carry in some of the recovered items that had been looted following the US-led invasion to the Iraqi capital city, in this Thursday, April 24, 2003, file photo. When Baghdad fell to the U.S.-led coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein, the world watched in horror as looters ransacked the museum that housed some of the nation's most prized treasures. Today, trafficking of stolen Iraqi antiquities is helping to finance al-Qaida in Iraq and Shiite militias, according to the U.S. investigator who led the probe into the looting of the National Museum. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen, Pool/file)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_insurgents_antiquities)AP - Iraqi extremist groups are now tapping into the nation's vast antiquity smuggling networks to help finance their attacks, a U.S. military expert on stolen artifacts said Tuesday at a U.N. conference.</p><br clear="all"/>
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