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| Gold Shipment Recovered in Iraq - Bound for Syria | |
| 2003-05-23 | |
| American soldiers stopped a Mercedes truck near the Syrian border earlier today. They searched the truck and found 2,000 40-pound bars of gold, worth up to $500 million. The two men driving the truck said they thought the bars were bronze, (of course, isn't this how bronze is usually melted down?) and they had been paid to deliver the truck and its contents to someone in Qaim.
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| Posted by:ColoradoConservative |
| #5 If it was bronze, it was probably destined for a big assed statue of Sammy, ante bellum. Since Iraq is now out of the Sammy casting business, maybe they were driving it to the nearest scrap metal dealer that is still operating. If it was gold, then: YeeeeeeeeHawwwww!!!!! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-05-23 15:51:49 |
| #4 Err, I was thinking of brass, not bronze. But the point still stands - gold is yellow, bronze is... well, bronze. Here's a picture of some nice shiny bronze: |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-05-23 14:46:27 |
| #3 Pure gold is VERY shiny, bronze is kind of dull, even after a good Brasso-ing. I doubt it should be that hard to tell them apart. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-05-23 14:43:46 |
| #2 Just got an e-mail from the Ballard Brass Co. that says that they receive their bronze in this form. So, pending testing, it may be bronze. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-23 12:50:53 |
| #1 These bars are about 50% bigger than the ones in Fort Knox. If it's bronze, I'm not sure what one would do with 40 tons of it in Iraq. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-23 12:19:57 |