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Update: Iraqi cash find valued at $650 Million
yeow! Update on yesterdays' postTwo Army sergeants in Iraq made quite a find in Baghdad. The Los Angeles Times says they stumbled across U.S. cash — mountains of it — in a Baghdad neighborhood where senior Baath party and Republican Guard officials once lived. Searches have turned up an estimated $650 million. Again: how was it that the evil sanctions were starving little children, puppies, kittens, and baby ducks of food and medicine? Think we'll hear any of the whiners admit they were wrong? me neither According to the newspaper, an Army private who said he had worked for an armored car company examined the bills and called them genuine. Meanwhile, the Marines have been guarding what's left of Iraqi banks hit by looters armed with acetylene torches and rocket-propelled grenades. and keys and codes to vaults The troops may be guarding as much as $1 billion in valuables — including gold artifacts from the National Museum. One sergeant said, "Fort Knox doesn't have security like this." must've seen Three Kings hmm?
Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-19 |
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