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Some looted Iraqi artifacts recovered in London: police

British police confirmed for the first time on Friday that some artifacts looted from Baghdad Museum following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime have been found in London.

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British police confirmed for the first time on Friday that some artifacts looted from Baghdad Museum following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime have been found in London.

A number of men involved were arrested, including one at a central London gallery, according to a BBC report.

"The men were arrested in connection with allegations of handling stolen goods, one of them was said to be a 76-year-old man. He is believed to be a British passport holder of Iranian descent," the report quoted Scotland Yard as saying.

The looted artifacts had made their way to Britain followed an operation by the specialist arts and antiques squad, said ScotlandYard, adding that their investigations are continuing.

It is estimated that thousands of antiquities have been looted from museums and archaeological sites across Iraq during the US-British coalition war on Iraq earlier this year. Some objects havealready turned up for sale on the international arts market.

Iraq is historically known as Mesopotamia and seen as a birth place of modern civilization.

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