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2003-05-27 Iraq

Gold bars pique 173rdâs interest at checkpoint

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-27 10:02 am|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder what they melted down to make them.

Posted by tu3031 2003-05-27 10:24:06|| 2003-05-27 10:24:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The rats are restless. The gold was on its way to Iran. Must be a bummer to loose your bribe money as well as your nest egg. What's the penalty in sharia for 'Unable to pay bribe'? No tea.

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-27 10:36:38|| 2003-05-27 10:36:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Just curious where the Iraqi National Gold Reserve is? Every country has one. If it's missing, how come none of the Central Bank officials are screaming about it? Perhaps it's not missing to them, just to us?

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-27 11:10:56|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-27 11:10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 ... they had been paid $300 cash to transport what they thought was melted down copper ...

And of course in that part of the world, no one can tell the difference between a bar of copper and a bar of gold.

Posted by Steve White 2003-05-27 14:15:11|| 2003-05-27 14:15:11|| Front Page Top

#5 What's interesting about this is that one load went toward Syria - snagged. One load went toward Iran - also snagged. How many loads went toward Jordan, Soddy Arabia, and Turkey, and haven't been snagged? Who owns all that "copper"?

Posted by Fred 2003-05-27 15:07:01|| 2003-05-27 15:07:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Fred---Who owns the "copper" is who holds the "copper."

For the Post-war criminal element it is Shock and Aurusâ¢!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-27 15:30:54|| 2003-05-27 15:30:54|| Front Page Top

#7 and about those reservists...

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT YOU CAN!"

ThankYou.

-DeviantSaint
The horns hold up the halo.
(US Army Reservist & Geo-political Analyst)

Posted by DeviantSaint 2003-05-27 16:32:59|| [www.livejournal.com/~deviantsaint] 2003-05-27 16:32:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Should have commented on this before: if I were asked to drive a dump truck full of "copper" from Iraq to Iran, I'd damn sure want more than $300 for the job.

And if I could tell the difference between copper and gold, then ...

Posted by Steve White 2003-05-27 18:49:54|| 2003-05-27 18:49:54|| Front Page Top

#9 >>Inside the bed of the turquoise Mercedes dump truck were 999 bars of gold

Hmmm... Who's holding the one bar needed for an even 1,000 ?? ;)

Posted by Showme 2003-05-27 23:16:09|| 2003-05-27 23:16:09|| Front Page Top

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