The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 30, 2021 U.S. Will Return 17,000 Looted Archaeological Treasures to Iraq --------------------------------------------------------------- The United States is returning some 17,000 archaeological treasures to Iraq that were looted during the decades of war and U.S. occupation. Some of the artifacts date back 4,000 years. Baghdad's culture minister praised the move as an unprecedented restitution. .