Are These 'Antiques' Imported from Syria Funding Terrorists?
"Antiques" with a declared value of $26 million have been imported to the United States from Syria since 2011, when the civil war there began, according to documents that the U.S. Census Bureau provided to Live Science. It's not clear what, exactly, the antiques actually are, nor whether the items were illegally brought here or where the money from any sales is going. The documents say that the bulk of them are brought to New York City where numerous antiquities dealers, art galleries and auctio
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