Several members of the U.S. media and a U.S. serviceman have been caught attempting to smuggle Iraqi paintings, weapons and other war souvenirs to the United States. The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection said yesterday at least 15 paintings, gold-plated weapons and other items have been seized at airports in Washington, Boston and London last week. Fox News engineer Benjamin James Johnson has been charged with attempting to bring 12 paintings into the U.S. last week. Fox has fired him. Customs officials also discovered a painting in the possession of Boston Herald reporter Jules Crittenden. The names of the other journalists have not been disclosed. Meanwhile, U.S. troops have arrested fighters of Ahmed Chalabi’s U.S.-backed Iraqi National Congress after they were found looting the abandoned homes of former Iraqi government officials.