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2003-06-09 Iraq

U.S. troops intercept 3rd 'gold truck' fleeing Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-06-09 02:16 pm|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Who do they used to move this stuff, Stupid Guy Trucking?

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-09 15:32:09|| 2003-06-09 15:32:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Makes me wonder how many are getting through.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-06-09 16:12:00|| 2003-06-09 16:12:00|| Front Page Top

#3 How many are getting through? The Hussein's were wonderfully inept at covert operations. They were never good at devolving the authority necessary to operate in a fluid environment.

The gold smuggling operation has the Husseins' fingerprints all over it. Centralized (a few big trucks rather than a lot of little ones), rigidly executed, poor results. This tells me at least one of these mo fo's is still alive and calling the shots. How much is getting through? Using only big trucks instead of small ones means that you are limited to only a few improved roads. Checkpoints tend to be on big roads. My swag is that the majority of the gold in this smuggling operation being intercepted. Refining that answer further depends on knowledge of factors that probably none of us here are privy to.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-06-09 16:27:17|| 2003-06-09 16:27:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Man, I hate to say this, but we're talking about Iraq here: could this jewelry have come from families Saddam murdered? The Nazis certainly "harvested" gold from their victims...

Posted by R. McLeod 2003-06-09 18:49:30|| 2003-06-09 18:49:30|| Front Page Top

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