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In reply to the discussion: Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby CEO For Artifacts Possibly Looted From The Middle East [View all]nuxvomica
(12,769 posts)7. Maybe the connection is closer than that
Your post got me thinking: what if ISIS is actually selling these antiquities? I found this article from September, entitled:
"Isis profits from destruction of antiquities by selling relics to dealers and then blowing up the buildings they come from to conceal the evidence of looting"
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/isis-profits-from-destruction-of-antiquities-by-selling-relics-to-dealers-and-then-blowing-up-the-10483421.html
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Feds Investigate Hobby Lobby CEO For Artifacts Possibly Looted From The Middle East [View all]
mucifer
Oct 2015
OP
Exactly! They use it as a cover for their nefarious activities! And the stupid believe all of
RKP5637
Oct 2015
#11
On the one hand, disgusting that historical objects should be stolen away into private hands.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#5
Another corrupt lot that Francis the Pope touts and confers with, the Greens had a private
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2015
#20