Art opportunists in Iraq

Maybe it's just me, but with the favored punishment these days seeming to be beheading, I think I'd find a less risky business.

Blindfolded detainees are seen next to stolen artifacts following their arrest in the southern city of Basra, November 22, 2004. A gang of four Iranians and seven Iraqis was captured in a Basra hotel on Monday after finding stolen artifacts in their room, which later on they admitted that they were planning to smuggle out of the country. Iraqi police said they will hold them until the investigation is over.

  Iraq Net article