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Libya's Central Bank Has $184 Million In Gold In Its Vault... It Just Doesn't Know The Combination
Wall Street Journal ^

Posted on 05/15/2016 9:34:26 PM PDT by chopperman

BEYDA, Libya—Underneath a bank in this eastern coastal city, a vault holds a trove of gold and silver coins worth $184 million. It belongs to the central bank, which could use the money to alleviate a crippling cash shortage.

The pile, however, presents some problems. The coins are locked away with a five-number code that central bankers in this part of the country don’t have. A rival government in Tripoli, which has effective control over the bank system, won’t hand over the digits and has expressed concern the money could fund armed militias opposed to its rule.

To make things worse, the metal pieces bear the face of Moammar Gadhafi, the reviled leader who was overthrown, captured and killed in 2011.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banking; finance; gold; libya; libyagold
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The coins will be worth more with his face on them.
1 posted on 05/15/2016 9:34:26 PM PDT by chopperman
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To: chopperman

THANKS HILLARY!


2 posted on 05/15/2016 9:38:31 PM PDT by montag813
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A number code? So there is 100,000 combinations?

I will unlock it for them for $1,000,000 if they will give me 5 days.


3 posted on 05/15/2016 9:40:39 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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4 posted on 05/15/2016 9:40:42 PM PDT by chopperman
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To: chopperman

How expensive are some welding torches and a few tanks of propane?


5 posted on 05/15/2016 9:42:27 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: chopperman
Some theories say that Qadaffi's minting of those coins was what led to hussein and "the witch" taking him out.

Makes more sense than anything else actually.

6 posted on 05/15/2016 9:50:50 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Not that simple


7 posted on 05/15/2016 9:55:07 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: chopperman

HRC is deeply saddened. She thought it would be hers. You know...as a reward for liberating the country.


8 posted on 05/15/2016 10:05:40 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

I’m retired EOD........ it will be loud but I can open it .


9 posted on 05/15/2016 10:14:27 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: chopperman

Try 1-2-3-4-5


10 posted on 05/15/2016 10:19:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Definitely ‘Joshua’


11 posted on 05/15/2016 10:28:46 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: TexasGator

A 5-digit code is child’s play. That’s why standard encryption is 128-bit for computers. And even that can be overcome with serious power and a great algorithm (in a few weeks).


12 posted on 05/15/2016 10:38:32 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: dfwgator

“1-2-3-4-5? That’s the combination that an idiot would have on his luggage!”

“Gentlemen, did we get the combination?”

“Yes sir, it’s 1-2-3-4-5.”

“Amazing! That’s the combination on my luggage!”


13 posted on 05/15/2016 10:40:10 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: Squantos

Hell yah!


14 posted on 05/15/2016 11:35:56 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please support Free Republic)
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To: chopperman

It’s a five-NUMBER code, not a five-digit code. Try 36-24-36-24-7...


15 posted on 05/16/2016 4:13:48 AM PDT by laker_dad
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To: chopperman

4-8-15-16-23-42


16 posted on 05/16/2016 4:14:21 AM PDT by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Swordmaker

This may be an interesting anecdote for certain discussions...


17 posted on 05/16/2016 4:16:07 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ("Get the he11 out of my way!" - John Galt)
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To: chopperman

think you used enough dynamite there Butch?


18 posted on 05/16/2016 4:27:02 AM PDT by Lib-Lickers 2
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Oh for Pete’s sake .... just send Vito over there, he’ll crack it in a New York second.


19 posted on 05/16/2016 5:11:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Jonty30

No chance of anyone highly involved with installation and configuration left?

Have they tried to get a hold of the people who built it, assuming they are still around?

Weld a lot of cables to the door a hook a few CAT dozers and see what happens.


20 posted on 05/16/2016 5:33:14 AM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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