Smuggled dinosaur skeleton returned to Mongolia

AP via Yahoo ^ | May 6, 2013 | Verena Dobnik

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The dinosaur was seized by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after it was sold at auction in New York for over $1 million last year. The government said the skeleton was mislabeled as reptile bones from Great Britain.

By law, any dinosaur fossils found in Mongolia belong to the country and its people.

"It's really important that as nations, we recognize there's a difference between art sold in the regular course of business, and then there are things that are truly national heritage," said ICE director John Morton.

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Amazing how Homeland Security and ICE are all over dinosaur bones but can't keep terrorists on the watch list, can't keep up with expired student visas or find illegals in a Mexican protest parade.

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But its okay for illegal aliens to be smuggled into this country... According to O-bozo and Eric Holder...

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We will not rest until all illegal Dinosaurs are Deproted!

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Don't be a hater. It's an undocumented dinosaur.

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Whatever! Just toss them old bones then!

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Throw ‘em in the stew pot. Might still be some meat on ‘em.