U.S. Repatriates Historical Artifact to the Iraqi People.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 July 2006-US DEPT OF STATE: U.S. Repatriates Historical Artifact to the Iraqi People(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25072006 On Tuesday, July 25, 2006, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and Iraqi Prime Minister Noori al-Maliki participated in a ceremony marking the repatriation of the diorite statue of Entemena to the Iraqi Government, at the Embassy of the Republic of Iraq.

Recovered this year by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wing of the Department of Homeland Security, the statue of Entemena is deemed one of INTERPOLs most significant recoveries. Background: Around April 2003, Iraqi cultural institutions and archaeological sites, including the Iraq...