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More of Sammy’s Cash Found
Foreign currency worth nearly $200m has been found in a Baghdad neighbourhood, the US military say. Troops found $100m and 90m euros in 31 containers, US Central Command said. The money has been flown out of the country to a "secure location" for counting purposes and will eventually be returned to Iraq to help rebuild the country, the US said. Last week, US troops found more than $650m in the same area of Baghdad.
What was that again about sanctions starving Iraqi children?
The latest banknotes were discovered between 23 and 26 April in an area of Baghdad secured by members of the US 3rd Infantry Division, according to a US statement. It did not specify exactly where the money was found, although the funds were said to have been kept in containers.
A really big cookie jar
The statement said the containers were flown from Baghdad International Airport on Sunday under an escort of police officers, criminal investigators and financial experts.
"The money arrived at a secure location for counting purposes at approximately 1030 that morning," the statement said.
"Soldiers of the unit in charge of the counting took approximately five hours to finish this count. Funds will remain secure until a stable government is established in Iraq and will ultimately be returned to the Iraqis to assist in the re-building of their nation."
Looking more and more like we got to Baghdad too fast for these guys to pick up their cash and get out of town. Either that, or they got wacked first.
Posted by: Steve 2003-04-30
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