Who should keep Iraqi Jewry’s archives, saved from Saddam, now on tour in US?

Times of Israel ^ | January 6 2016 | Rich Tenorio

[OddLane]

American special forces stormed the basement of the notorious Mukhabarat, the headquarters of Saddam Hussein’s secret police, shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And while they didn’t find the alleged weapons of mass destruction, nor the Iraqi dictator himself, what they did find was a rare collection of artifacts from the Iraqi Jewish community dating back hundreds of years, including a Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmud.

The collection was waterlogged and damaged, and the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq placed an urgent call to the United States National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland. With permission from local officials, the treasures were soon airlifted to the US in a special rescue operation.

[Hugin]

"What's so special about Iraqi jewelry? Is it more valuable than other jewelry?"

[roadcat]

Reminds me of the skit Gilda Radner did, reporting "Endangered feces? Why do you want to save feces?... Oh, endangered species, never mind...".

Of course the archives should go to the Jewish community, and since it no longer exists in Iraq then it should not go back to Iraq. Islamic hard-liners will just destroy the artifacts if they go to Iraq.