The United States has returned to Iraq a stolen, antique chess board that belonged to late president Saddam Hussein, according to a report by the US embassy in Baghdad Saturday.
"Yesterday the U.S. Embassy met with the Deputy Minister of Culture for Antiquities & Heritage Affairs Qais Rasheed to return an antique chess set, owned by Saddam Hussein, stolen in 2003 and recovered by the FBI,” the embassy’s statement read. “The U.S. is committed to helping return stolen Iraqi artifacts,” it added.