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Posted by Steve Beckow on July 27, 2013

A soul group gathers on the higher planes

(Continued from Part 4.)

The life of the group transcends all divisions, including planetary locales.

“The actual construction of the group-soul must be clearly visualised. Its spirit feeds, with life and mental light, certain plants, trees, flowers, birds, insects, fish, beasts, men and women; representatives of living creatures in varying states of evolution. It inspires souls who are on various planes, various levels of consciousness in the After-death. It feeds, also, creatures on other planets.

“For the spirit must gather a harvest of experience in every form. Gradually these intelligences evolve and merge. The experience necessary to the spirit is completed when all the souls necessary to the design have reached this Fifth plane [First Heaven]. Once they become sensible of their oneness and their individuality they may go forward to the Sixth plane [Second Heaven].” (1)

He discusses what appears to be the Second Death, perhaps equivalent to our Ascension, separating the two spheres of the first and second subplanes:

“There is, then, a breaking of the threads, a casting away of the dross of emotional experience, a sifting and changing on the part of all these souls.” (2)

Frances Banks was a nun for a time on Earth and so has already a strong “belief in Group Work and in the evidence of Group Souls.” (3) She suggests that we are members of many soul groups.

“We are, to my limited knowledge, all members not of one Group but of many, and the many make up the Great Group or the Great Soul Being in which we live and move and have our being … and these great Beings unite to form further great Group Souls or Divine Beings in the Divine Company of Heaven.” (4)

She describes the higher beings in charge of the groups.

A soul group gathers in the American southwest, mid-assignment

“In the guidance of these Groups are great Beings, watching over the progress of their cell-like clusters of souls.

“They work on higher mental Rays of influence, for although I know very little about them as yet, I have questioned many souls who have contacted them and worked amongst them.” (5)

And she describes their work and its impact.

“These Soul Groups are extensive, yet concentrated in their classes and workshops. They realize more than we can possibly do the Divinity inherent in every particle of the Cosmos.

“They are able to study Divine Laws beyond our understanding. They commune together with and in the Mind of the Higher Beings whose Soul Group they constitute.

“They work for progress in Divine Imagination and they work as Divine Inspirational Groups. They inspire lower groups with their findings, for they still contain the lower groups within their Centres as cell-points in a vast, intricate and beautiful organism.

“Amongst them are philosophers, scientists, researchers, priests, teachers. They are parts of Groups which influence and impress such movements on earth as Psychic Research, Healing movements, Religious Co-operation, the advancement of Science and all movements intended to bring Light upon future worlds.” (6)

Donald Macleod describes the work of a medical soul group. Like Frances Banks, he met Louis Pasteur in the course of observing the group.

“For the last few years I have been one of a band who have been working on the cause and treatment of cancer and, in the fullness of time, we will give our reports and findings to mankind. It will interest you to know that Pasteur, Dr. Schweitzer, Madame Curie, David Livingstone, and some of the people who are working on this project are here. Others are working on heart disease, leukemia and other chronic illnesses.” (7)

Everything inspiring originates from the work of the soul group, she says.

“All great aspirations, revelations and divine whisperings of intuition originate in and through the Spirit of the Group to which one belongs, i.e., the Highest Point of the Group.

“Thus, family sacrifices, family peace, love, harmony all originate from the Group Soul of the family; in the same way, great aspirations for service and for imparting knowledge to others and for the guiding and enlightenment of our fellows comes from the Great Spiritual Being who is the Centre Group Spirit of that particular group.” (8)

Group souls are at the forefront of all great movements and actions, she says.

“Group Souls preside over universal movements, over great causes and thus members of one Spiritual Family are often attracted to each other by mutual interests, by a special life work, as well as by external links. They work together, may indeed share their lives in partnership, or may only meet occasionally as they work in some particular project.” (9)

Their advance is unified, Banks tells us.

“The Group itself is made up of souls at all levels of consciousness, from the highest to the mediocre, but the Spirit of the Groups only Itself advances as the younger and less knowledgeable members make progress.

“It is a unified advance. No member of the Group can pass beyond the call and communication of other members. When the Group itself advances into the Divine Company, then there will be no ‘stragglers.’

“But, as I am instructed, such an experience is far beyond the Group consciousness at this stage.” (10)

Banks informs us that everyone is always progressing back to God. Individuals wanting to progress into a group cannot do so until their expansion matches at least the group’s fringes.

“All is expansion here, but expansion in stages. This Law is exact. No entity can propel itself forward into a Group until its emotional, mental and spiritual expansion at least is comparable with the fringe of that Group’s awareness.” (11)

Moreover there is no way to fool the members of the group.

“Here, illusion, glamour and self-deception are of no avail. One reveals what one is. One advertises oneself even in one’s apparel. The mask has been shed with the physical body. The developing Light body, its dimness or brilliance, is apparent, especially to members of the Group to which the quality of such Light permits graduation.” (12)

Notice that their light body, like ours, is developing in this first stage of the Mental Plane. Ours is developing as we enter the Fifth Dimension and will probably be fully developed with our Ascension, which for me is the equivalent of the Second Death on the spirit side.

Sometimes members of the group become separated but rejoin them on the other side.

“Sometimes, by what appears to be a perverse fate, members of the same Group are separated, born into the apparently wrong camps. Their lives become tragic, often futile in their repeated efforts to rejoin their similar companions and their rightful work. Strangely enough many never find their right niche. Often they live and die as outcasts.

“But, as the entire complement of a Group Soul is never in complete incarnation at the same time, i.e., there is always an integrated part of the Group on this Side, the outcasts, after their transition here and after they have gained consciousness of their state and have attained to at least some measure of Light, rejoin their own Groups.” (13)

In Conclusion

This then is a preview of the full coalescence of the soul group, which we can expect to happen in the next few months as we pioneer a new form of Ascension – Ascension in and with the physical body.

Our soul groups have always been important to our work. We have incarnated as a group over at least thousands of years and perhaps millions. According to what Archangel Michael has told me, our soul groups have existed even when we inhabited other kingdoms.

What I’ve been exploring in this series of articles is some of the similarities between the first stage of the Fifth Dimension which we’re apparently in now, according to Archangel Michael, and the first stage of the Mental Plane, which is the correlate of the Fifth Dimension on the spirit side of life.

The main similarity is that we can be in the first subplane of the Mental Plane and not have gone through the so-called “Second Death,” which I believe is the correlate of our Ascension. I’ll write an article or a series on the Second Death soon, to compare its features with Ascension.

I may look at more similarities between the “First Heaven,” as this subplane of the Mental Plane is called, and our own current stage of development. But in order to keep this series from getting too long, I’m going to stop here for now. The next subject I want to turn to starting tomorrow is the question of changes in the Divine Plan.

Footnotes

(1) Frederic W.H. Myers through Geraldine Cummins, medium. The Road to Immortality. Being a description of the after-life purporting to be communicated by the late F. W. H. Myers [Frederic William Henry Myers, 1843-1901]. Located athttp://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual/cummins/cummins1.html, n.p. The First heaven is the First Subplane of the Mental Plane and the Second Heaven is the Second Subplane of the Mental Plane.

(2) Loc. cit.

(3) Frances Banks in Helen Graves, Testimony of Light. London: Churches Fellowship for Psychical & Spiritual Studies, 1975; c1969, 114.

(4) Ibid., 115.

(5) Ibid., 116.

(6) Loc. cit.

(7) Donald Macleod in P.I. Phillips, Here and There. More Psychic Experiences. London; Corgi Books, 1975,, 10.

(8) Frances Banks, TOL, 118.

(9) Ibid., 139.

(10) Ibid., 119.

(11) Ibid., 135.

(12) Ibid., 135-36.

(13) Ibid., 139.

FRiDAY, JULY 26, 2013

SaLuSa 26.7.2013

We are ready to begin, are you ready to communicate with us with your new found, or rather to say recovered ability? We feel that the excitement is rising amongst you and believe us, we feel the same way. For some it was very long process of awakening, for some it seems to be very quick, but nevertheless all is happening in the right time because that is how the whole Creation works. Feel how the energy is flowing and glowing around you and let it enter your physical body by simply breathing it in, or you can imagine that it enters your body through the skin and remember that your thoughts are creations, so allow your imagination to fully get into this process. Keep the usual worries and doubts aside and know that one day they will disappear and shall never return, unless you would wish for that. Please remember that your intentions are creating such powerful energetic field around you that with certainty the Universe is responding.

We are overlooking the whole process of transformation of your society and giving guidance to our allies, who are receiving strong support from all those who are focusing their thoughts on these changes that will bring you further. Dark Ones are no more “dark” as so much Light is being sent to them because they are still living among you and they also have the chance to lift themselves from the darkness. We would say that even they do not have much power left, the system is still running with persistence and it is upon you all to stop it and put it on the right track. Now you have the power to do so and with our help all obstacles will be removed and nothing will be standing in the way to successfully arrive at the New Age destination. Trust yourselves that everything is possible and do not take time as fixed because soon you will forget the ever-present ticking of clock and will release all that is holding you to your “old reality”. You will found out that your dreams became your life and there is nothing else than love everywhere you look or go. Keep your wishes ultimately high and in no time you realize that everything you have wished for is being manifested.

People around you are also changing and even if it is not immediately visible, inside they also feel something has changed. Allow them to grow with their own speed and when you are asked share with them your knowledge and help them to understand all that is happening. Soon a lot more of information will be available from many sources and for those, who are “new” to ascension process some of it might be confusing, so please explain them with patience what is it all about. Some information will be surprising also to you who are awakened, but you know where to find help. We are looking forward for more intense communication with you, as we are getting closer. We are more than happy to answer your questions, so do not hesitate and call us as this is one of the most important things that we came here to do. Remember that we are One and we are your Family who wishes to be with you as much as you wish to be with us.

I am SaLuSa from Sirius and we are very joyous that we can share our love with you and we feel that we are pulled closer by your thoughts and wishes. We are looking forward to these moments that are to come in your daily lives and we already see and feel your endless joy. Our love is always with all of you.

Channeller: MADAD

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING? 7/27/2013 5:14:58 PM
	Dear friends, here is part 5 of this great article by Steve Beckow. Entering the Mental Plane – Part 5 Posted by Steve Beckow on July 27, 2013 A soul group gathers on the higher planes (Continued from Part 4.) The life of the group transcends all divisions, including planetary locales. “The actual construction of the group-soul must be clearly visualised. Its spirit feeds, with life and mental light, certain plants, trees, flowers, birds, insects, fish, beasts, men and women; representatives of living creatures in varying states of evolution. It inspires souls who are on various planes, various levels of consciousness in the After-death. It feeds, also, creatures on other planets. “For the spirit must gather a harvest of experience in every form. Gradually these intelligences evolve and merge. The experience necessary to the spirit is completed when all the souls necessary to the design have reached this Fifth plane [First Heaven]. Once they become sensible of their oneness and their individuality they may go forward to the Sixth plane [Second Heaven].” (1) He discusses what appears to be the Second Death, perhaps equivalent to our Ascension, separating the two spheres of the first and second subplanes: “There is, then, a breaking of the threads, a casting away of the dross of emotional experience, a sifting and changing on the part of all these souls.” (2) Frances Banks was a nun for a time on Earth and so has already a strong “belief in Group Work and in the evidence of Group Souls.” (3) She suggests that we are members of many soul groups. “We are, to my limited knowledge, all members not of one Group but of many, and the many make up the Great Group or the Great Soul Being in which we live and move and have our being … and these great Beings unite to form further great Group Souls or Divine Beings in the Divine Company of Heaven.” (4) She describes the higher beings in charge of the groups. A soul group gathers in the American southwest, mid-assignment “In the guidance of these Groups are great Beings, watching over the progress of their cell-like clusters of souls. “They work on higher mental Rays of influence, for although I know very little about them as yet, I have questioned many souls who have contacted them and worked amongst them.” (5) And she describes their work and its impact. “These Soul Groups are extensive, yet concentrated in their classes and workshops. They realize more than we can possibly do the Divinity inherent in every particle of the Cosmos. “They are able to study Divine Laws beyond our understanding. They commune together with and in the Mind of the Higher Beings whose Soul Group they constitute. “They work for progress in Divine Imagination and they work as Divine Inspirational Groups. They inspire lower groups with their findings, for they still contain the lower groups within their Centres as cell-points in a vast, intricate and beautiful organism. “Amongst them are philosophers, scientists, researchers, priests, teachers. They are parts of Groups which influence and impress such movements on earth as Psychic Research, Healing movements, Religious Co-operation, the advancement of Science and all movements intended to bring Light upon future worlds.” (6) Donald Macleod describes the work of a medical soul group. Like Frances Banks, he met Louis Pasteur in the course of observing the group. “For the last few years I have been one of a band who have been working on the cause and treatment of cancer and, in the fullness of time, we will give our reports and findings to mankind. It will interest you to know that Pasteur, Dr. Schweitzer, Madame Curie, David Livingstone, and some of the people who are working on this project are here. Others are working on heart disease, leukemia and other chronic illnesses.” (7) Everything inspiring originates from the work of the soul group, she says. “All great aspirations, revelations and divine whisperings of intuition originate in and through the Spirit of the Group to which one belongs, i.e., the Highest Point of the Group. “Thus, family sacrifices, family peace, love, harmony all originate from the Group Soul of the family; in the same way, great aspirations for service and for imparting knowledge to others and for the guiding and enlightenment of our fellows comes from the Great Spiritual Being who is the Centre Group Spirit of that particular group.” (8) Group souls are at the forefront of all great movements and actions, she says. “Group Souls preside over universal movements, over great causes and thus members of one Spiritual Family are often attracted to each other by mutual interests, by a special life work, as well as by external links. They work together, may indeed share their lives in partnership, or may only meet occasionally as they work in some particular project.” (9) Their advance is unified, Banks tells us. “The Group itself is made up of souls at all levels of consciousness, from the highest to the mediocre, but the Spirit of the Groups only Itself advances as the younger and less knowledgeable members make progress. “It is a unified advance. No member of the Group can pass beyond the call and communication of other members. When the Group itself advances into the Divine Company, then there will be no ‘stragglers.’ “But, as I am instructed, such an experience is far beyond the Group consciousness at this stage.” (10) Banks informs us that everyone is always progressing back to God. Individuals wanting to progress into a group cannot do so until their expansion matches at least the group’s fringes. “All is expansion here, but expansion in stages. This Law is exact. No entity can propel itself forward into a Group until its emotional, mental and spiritual expansion at least is comparable with the fringe of that Group’s awareness.” (11) Moreover there is no way to fool the members of the group. “Here, illusion, glamour and self-deception are of no avail. One reveals what one is. One advertises oneself even in one’s apparel. The mask has been shed with the physical body. The developing Light body, its dimness or brilliance, is apparent, especially to members of the Group to which the quality of such Light permits graduation.” (12) Notice that their light body, like ours, is developing in this first stage of the Mental Plane. Ours is developing as we enter the Fifth Dimension and will probably be fully developed with our Ascension, which for me is the equivalent of the Second Death on the spirit side. Sometimes members of the group become separated but rejoin them on the other side. “Sometimes, by what appears to be a perverse fate, members of the same Group are separated, born into the apparently wrong camps. Their lives become tragic, often futile in their repeated efforts to rejoin their similar companions and their rightful work. Strangely enough many never find their right niche. Often they live and die as outcasts. “But, as the entire complement of a Group Soul is never in complete incarnation at the same time, i.e., there is always an integrated part of the Group on this Side, the outcasts, after their transition here and after they have gained consciousness of their state and have attained to at least some measure of Light, rejoin their own Groups.” (13) In Conclusion This then is a preview of the full coalescence of the soul group, which we can expect to happen in the next few months as we pioneer a new form of Ascension – Ascension in and with the physical body. Our soul groups have always been important to our work. We have incarnated as a group over at least thousands of years and perhaps millions. According to what Archangel Michael has told me, our soul groups have existed even when we inhabited other kingdoms. What I’ve been exploring in this series of articles is some of the similarities between the first stage of the Fifth Dimension which we’re apparently in now, according to Archangel Michael, and the first stage of the Mental Plane, which is the correlate of the Fifth Dimension on the spirit side of life. The main similarity is that we can be in the first subplane of the Mental Plane and not have gone through the so-called “Second Death,” which I believe is the correlate of our Ascension. I’ll write an article or a series on the Second Death soon, to compare its features with Ascension. I may look at more similarities between the “First Heaven,” as this subplane of the Mental Plane is called, and our own current stage of development. But in order to keep this series from getting too long, I’m going to stop here for now. The next subject I want to turn to starting tomorrow is the question of changes in the Divine Plan. Footnotes (1) Frederic W.H. Myers through Geraldine Cummins, medium. The Road to Immortality. Being a description of the after-life purporting to be communicated by the late F. W. H. Myers [Frederic William Henry Myers, 1843-1901]. Located athttp://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual/cummins/cummins1.html, n.p. The First heaven is the First Subplane of the Mental Plane and the Second Heaven is the Second Subplane of the Mental Plane. (2) Loc. cit. (3) Frances Banks in Helen Graves, Testimony of Light. London: Churches Fellowship for Psychical & Spiritual Studies, 1975; c1969, 114. (4) Ibid., 115. (5) Ibid., 116. (6) Loc. cit. (7) Donald Macleod in P.I. Phillips, Here and There. More Psychic Experiences. London; Corgi Books, 1975,, 10. (8) Frances Banks, TOL, 118. (9) Ibid., 139. (10) Ibid., 119. (11) Ibid., 135. (12) Ibid., 135-36. (13) Ibid., 139.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING? 7/27/2013 5:37:34 PM
	FRiDAY, JULY 26, 2013 SaLuSa 26.7.2013 We are ready to begin, are you ready to communicate with us with your new found, or rather to say recovered ability? We feel that the excitement is rising amongst you and believe us, we feel the same way. For some it was very long process of awakening, for some it seems to be very quick, but nevertheless all is happening in the right time because that is how the whole Creation works. Feel how the energy is flowing and glowing around you and let it enter your physical body by simply breathing it in, or you can imagine that it enters your body through the skin and remember that your thoughts are creations, so allow your imagination to fully get into this process. Keep the usual worries and doubts aside and know that one day they will disappear and shall never return, unless you would wish for that. Please remember that your intentions are creating such powerful energetic field around you that with certainty the Universe is responding. We are overlooking the whole process of transformation of your society and giving guidance to our allies, who are receiving strong support from all those who are focusing their thoughts on these changes that will bring you further. Dark Ones are no more “dark” as so much Light is being sent to them because they are still living among you and they also have the chance to lift themselves from the darkness. We would say that even they do not have much power left, the system is still running with persistence and it is upon you all to stop it and put it on the right track. Now you have the power to do so and with our help all obstacles will be removed and nothing will be standing in the way to successfully arrive at the New Age destination. Trust yourselves that everything is possible and do not take time as fixed because soon you will forget the ever-present ticking of clock and will release all that is holding you to your “old reality”. You will found out that your dreams became your life and there is nothing else than love everywhere you look or go. Keep your wishes ultimately high and in no time you realize that everything you have wished for is being manifested. People around you are also changing and even if it is not immediately visible, inside they also feel something has changed. Allow them to grow with their own speed and when you are asked share with them your knowledge and help them to understand all that is happening. Soon a lot more of information will be available from many sources and for those, who are “new” to ascension process some of it might be confusing, so please explain them with patience what is it all about. Some information will be surprising also to you who are awakened, but you know where to find help. We are looking forward for more intense communication with you, as we are getting closer. We are more than happy to answer your questions, so do not hesitate and call us as this is one of the most important things that we came here to do. Remember that we are One and we are your Family who wishes to be with you as much as you wish to be with us. I am SaLuSa from Sirius and we are very joyous that we can share our love with you and we feel that we are pulled closer by your thoughts and wishes. We are looking forward to these moments that are to come in your daily lives and we already see and feel your endless joy. Our love is always with all of you. Channeller: MADAD
	"Choose a job you love and you will not have to work a day in your life" (Confucius)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING? 7/27/2013 5:52:06 PM
	Pope Francis: The Decree That’s Got People Talking Posted by Stephen Cook on July 27, 2013 Stephen There’s been a lot of talk over the past few days about this special decree that Pope Francis (seemingly quietly) released on July 11, 2013. Some believe this will be the turning point for a raft of resignations and arrests. Others say it is simply a new decree. Either way, it certainly appears to show that the Pope is getting tough on criminals and lawbreakers. Interestingly though, it is Clause 5 which indicates that this decree covers ‘other states’ that could be the real game-changer. So here it is for you to read yourself and draw your own conclusions: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20130711_organi-giudiziari_en.html APOSTOLIC LETTER ISSUED MOTU PROPRIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF FRANCIS ON THE JURISDICTION OF JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES OF VATICAN CITY STATE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS In our times, the common good is increasingly threatened by transnational organized crime, the improper use of the markets and of the economy, as well as by terrorism. It is therefore necessary for the international community to adopt adequate legal instruments to prevent and counter criminal activities, by promoting international judicial cooperation on criminal matters. In ratifying numerous international conventions in these areas, and acting also on behalf of Vatican City State, the Holy See has constantly maintained that such agreements are effective means to prevent criminal activities that threaten human dignity, the common good and peace. With a view to renewing the Apostolic See’s commitment to cooperate to these ends, by means of this Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio, I establish that: 1. The competent Judicial Authorities of Vatican City State shall also exercise penal jurisdiction over: a) crimes committed against the security, the fundamental interests or the patrimony of the Holy See; b) crimes referred to: - in Vatican City State Law No. VIII, of 11 July 2013, containing Supplementary Norms on Criminal Law Matters; - in Vatican City State Law No. IX, of 11 July 2013, containing Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code; when such crimes are committed by the persons referred to in paragraph 3 below, in the exercise of their functions; c) any other crime whose prosecution is required by an international agreement ratified by the Holy See, if the perpetrator is physically present in the territory of Vatican City State and has not been extradited. 2. The crimes referred to in paragraph 1 are to be judged pursuant to the criminal law in force in Vatican City State at the time of their commission, without prejudice to the general principles of the legal system on the temporal application of criminal laws. 3. For the purposes of Vatican criminal law, the following persons are deemed “public officials”: a) members, officials and personnel of the various organs of the Roman Curia and of the Institutions connected to it. b) papal legates and diplomatic personnel of the Holy See. c) those persons who serve as representatives, managers or directors, as well as persons who even de facto manage or exercise control over the entities directly dependent on the Holy See and listed in the registry of canonical juridical persons kept by the Governorate of Vatican City State; d) any other person holding an administrative or judicial mandate in the Holy See, permanent or temporary, paid or unpaid, irrespective of that person’s seniority. 4. The jurisdiction referred to in paragraph 1 comprises also the administrative liability of juridical persons arising from crimes, as regulated by Vatican City State laws. 5. When the same matters are prosecuted in other States, the provisions in force in Vatican City State on concurrent jurisdiction shall apply. 6. The content of article 23 of Law No. CXIX of 21 November 1987, which approves the Judicial Order of Vatican City State remains in force. This I decide and establish, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. I establish that this Apostolic Letter issued Motu Proprio will be promulgated by its publication in L’Osservatore Romano, entering into force on 1 September 2013. Given in Rome, at the Apostolic Palace, on 11 July 2013, the first of my Pontificate. FRANCISCUS ——————————————————————————– © Copyright – Libreria Editrice Vaticana http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio_20130711_organi-giudiziari_en.html
	"Choose a job you love and you will not have to work a day in your life" (Confucius)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: IS THE NEW AGE REALLY COMING? 7/27/2013 5:57:52 PM
	Iraq, US Reach Deal on Stolen Artefacts Posted by sage on July 27, 2013 Assyrian hall of the National Museum in central Baghdad, with monuments dating back to the period between the 15th and 7th centuries BC. The National Museum, known as the “cradle of civilization” museum, reopened at the end of February 2009 after its ancient treasures were looted in the chaotic aftermath of the US-led invasion in 2003. AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI FOX News – July 26, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/nabkgow BAGHDAD (AFP) – Baghdad reached an initial deal with the US on the return of more than 10,000 artefacts stolen from Iraq after the 2003 US-led invasion, a senior official said on Friday. “We have reached an initial agreement… on returning more than 10,000 Iraqi artefacts that are in the United States,” by August 2014, senior ministry advisor Baha al-Mayahi told AFP. But there are still details that need to be worked out, and the artefacts must all be registered in an electronic archive at Cornell University in the state of New York before they are returned, Mayahi said. The two sides agreed not to go into details about how the artefacts came to be in the United States, he added. He said the US was cooperating with Iraq on returning stolen artefacts, and that over 1,500 had been brought back to Iraq from the United States so far. Some 15,000 artefacts were stolen from the national museum in Baghdad by looters in the chaos that followed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, Mayahi said. More than 4,000 have been recovered. Authorities have recovered a further 130,000 artefacts stolen from elsewhere in the country, but there are still tens of thousands of pieces missing.
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