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53. Right, 'cause if u use the term American Indian u HAVE to be a right winger...lol n/t

Reply to U4ikLefty (Reply #52)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 06:50 PM

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Senate moves to prevent return of Jewish archive to Iraq [View all] Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP

i didn't read the whole article so maybe there might be a good reason JI7 Feb 2014 #1

from the article melm00se Feb 2014 #3

ok i can see why not to give it back JI7 Feb 2014 #5

Here are the more interesting items according to the national archive Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #28

I'd rather that they returned the archeological artifacts that they "liberated" at that time ... Nihil Feb 2014 #2

Did you read the part about leftynyc Feb 2014 #9

Yes I did and I fully agree with your comment. Nihil Feb 2014 #10

Agreed leftynyc Feb 2014 #13

Extremely mixed feelings. I don't want to be looting any country, but.... Send it back. Iraq had... marble falls Feb 2014 #4

Great pictures thanks!..nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #16

Send it back? former9thward Feb 2014 #19

Again. The Iraqis have been curating and eshibiting these treasures. Most countries not only .... marble falls Feb 2014 #44

good call these were being kept as intelligence snooping on Jews, not geek tragedy Feb 2014 #6

Do you have any links? My understanding is... Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #31

The problem is by INTERNATIONAL TREATY these belong to IRAQ happyslug Feb 2014 #7

International Law ? How Quaint ? warrant46 Feb 2014 #29

We are talking about items of property, not lives happyslug Feb 2014 #46

I absolutely understand your point warrant46 Feb 2014 #48

I hope the vote passes. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #8

There's a complex and murky back story on this starroute Feb 2014 #11

I want to know why the goverment we spent so much to install in Iraq bemildred Feb 2014 #12

Clearly Iraqi records? leftynyc Feb 2014 #14

Clearly Iraqi records. bemildred Feb 2014 #15

I'm sure those Jewish families leftynyc Feb 2014 #17

The next time you sell your home, remember it was stolen from Native Americans. happyslug Feb 2014 #18

Thanks, I really didn't want to wade through all that again. bemildred Feb 2014 #20

So really, every inch of America was Indian "owned"? EX500rider Feb 2014 #21

It sure as heck was not owned by Europeans. bemildred Feb 2014 #23

"sanctimonious fool comes along all angry and offended" EX500rider Feb 2014 #25

Yeah, they pretty much did live everywhere, they lived off the land. bemildred Feb 2014 #26

So everywhere they ever camped is theirs forever? wow.. EX500rider Feb 2014 #55

"It was taken by force and deceit from peoples who had lived there for thousands of years" EX500rider Feb 2014 #27

Sure, Europe's history is largely war and deceit too. So what? bemildred Feb 2014 #32

In general Nomadic tribes have no property rights.. EX500rider Feb 2014 #34

INDIGENOUS AND TRIBAL PEOPLES� RIGHTS OVER THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES bemildred Feb 2014 #37

Was that in effect 200 years ago? n/t EX500rider Feb 2014 #42

So your neighbors can kill you and take your land but not somebody further away? EX500rider Feb 2014 #43

As I said before, that is all no longer LEGAL under International Law. happyslug Feb 2014 #36

Ely Parker said it best when he told some Native Americans "You have the rights the white man grants happyslug Feb 2014 #30

Yeah, the killed the buffalo to starve them into submissiom. bemildred Feb 2014 #33

I was just pointing out the problem the writer had with returning the property to Iraq happyslug Feb 2014 #24

Indians live in India. U4ikLefty Feb 2014 #47

Really, never heard the term "American Indian" have we? n/t EX500rider Feb 2014 #51

Yes, it is a person of American heritage who was born in India. U4ikLefty Feb 2014 #52

Right, 'cause if u use the term American Indian u HAVE to be a right winger...lol n/t EX500rider Feb 2014 #53

Indigenous peoples of the Americas... EX500rider Feb 2014 #54

Every nation, including Iraq, has laws preventing people from taking cultural artifacts. Xithras Feb 2014 #22

they should return it to the Jewish Families it belonged to JI7 Feb 2014 #35

By law it belongs to Iraq happyslug Feb 2014 #38

from what i understand these were not things given to the Iraqi Govt by these families JI7 Feb 2014 #39

Taking property from your own citizen is PERMITTED under international law happyslug Feb 2014 #45

Maybe they should, sulphurdunn Feb 2014 #41

Regardless of who actually owns this stuff, sulphurdunn Feb 2014 #40

+1. bemildred Feb 2014 #49

We sent blind pigs to Iraq? snooper2 Feb 2014 #50

I hope the Jews who fled have the right of return. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #56