{"id":1052,"date":"2015-06-11T04:15:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T04:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1052-reports-says-ancient-artifacts-systematic-source-of-revenue-for-is\/"},"modified":"2015-06-11T04:15:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T04:15:03","slug":"reports-says-ancient-artifacts-systematic-source-of-revenue-for-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/1052-reports-says-ancient-artifacts-systematic-source-of-revenue-for-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports says ancient artifacts systematic source of revenue for IS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px; line-height: 11.8559999465942px;\">The Takfiri ISis terrorist group is selling off ancient artifacts from Iraq and Syria<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">The Takfiri ISis terrorist group is \u201csystematically\u201d selling off ancient artifacts from Iraq and Syria as a source of revenue, a report says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">According to experts and officials, the Takfiri group earns millions of dollars through selling stolen Syrian and Iraqi national treasures in an organized manner,<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">The Washington Post <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">The report said selling Iraqi and Syrian antiques is now a systematic practice by IS, which has set up a so-called department of \u201cprecious resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; color: black;\">Michael Danti, a professor of archaeology at Boston University, referred to the selling of plundered Iraqi and Syrian artifacts, and said, \u201cIt\u2019s a dependable source of revenue, which makes it very attractive, and it\u2019s surprisingly untapped.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: 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