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Iraq
Baghdad robbers grab $1 million and run
2006-12-12
BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms ambushed a security vehicle transporting money to the Central Bank in Baghdad and made off with $1 million in cash on Monday, police and Interior Ministry sources said.

Four private security guards were kidnapped in the daylight robbery in busy Sadoun Street in central Baghdad in an attack that highlighted the lawlessness gripping the capital. The security vehicle was transporting money in sacks from a local bank to the Central Bank in nearby Rasheed Street when it was stopped by about 20 gunmen travelling in three vehicles with no license plates, police and Interior Ministry sources said.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Absolutely LOVE the opinionation in this article:

"....highlighted the lawlessness gripping the capital."

As if this doesn't happen in South-Central L.A. or in Jersey every day. A quagmire, I tells ya!
Posted by: BA   2006-12-12 13:47  

#4  Old IRA stunt.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-12-12 10:53  

#3  That's $50k for each. Not bad for an hours work. Just hope the money doesn't end up funding jihadis.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-12-12 10:41  

#2  No license plates? Why, that's a job for DMV Man!
Posted by: .com   2006-12-12 01:05  

#1  For Iraq this is a "breath of sanity".
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-12-12 00:50  

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