FBI SEIZES IRAQI ART IN US; EXPECTS MORE TO ARRIVE

Art collectors and dealers say they already are getting queries about artifacts looted from Iraq’s museums, and the FBI said Monday that at least one suspected piece has been seized at an American airport, Curt Anderson reports in the Washington Post. Lynne Chaffinch, manager of the FBI Art Theft Program, told a small group of reporters that she expects the thieves will attempt to sell most of the stolen pieces in wealthy countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, France, and Switzerland.