US will be returned to Iraq more than 17 thousand artifacts, looted and exported after the beginning of the military mission to overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003. Reports about it Reuters with reference to the Minister of Culture of Iraq Khasan Nadhima.
in the agency reported that Washington for almost ten years tracked the ancient values, looted in Iraqi territory and transported to the United States to later send them back to Baghdad. Various artifacts were confiscated from both private owners and museums. One of these relics was the clay plate with part of the epic on Gilgamesh, which had to be selected from the exhibition hall in Washington in 2019.
The head of the Iraqi Ministry of Conduct complained that thousands of artifacts are considered missing, they cannot be traced even with the help of international organizations. According to the forefront, in the destruction and looting of historical monuments, the militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” played a major role (prohibited in Russia). Some artifacts were destroyed by the militants, as they contradicted their radical picture of the world, others were sold in the black market to help out money to continue the fighting.
At the end of July, US President Joe Biden said that the combat mission of the American army in Iraq will be minted by December 31, 2021. According to the results of negotiations in the White House with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazami Biden stated that the role of the United States would be limited to the consultations of Iraqi servicemen and the fight against the game.