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U.S. Troops in Iraq Find $34M in Gold
5/23/03
Posted on 05/23/2003 7:47:36 AM PDT by kattracks
WASHINGTON May 23 — American troops confiscated gold bars valued at $34 million from a truck in northern Iraq, defense officials said Friday. The truck carrying 1,600 gold bars was stopped at a military checkpoint near Qaim, a northwestern city near Iraq's border with Syria, Pentagon officials said. |
Two men were taken into custody, but there were no details on who they were, their nationality, nor where they got the gold.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: checkpoint; custody; goldbars; iraq; postwariraq
1
posted on
05/23/2003 7:47:37 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
On their way to Syria. Of course.
2
posted on
05/23/2003 7:49:26 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: kattracks
Maybe Uday was left with the cash and gold while dad ran with the diamonds. Uday had no one to help him carry it.
3
posted on
05/23/2003 7:50:05 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Semper Gumby - Always flexible)
To: kattracks
It's mine...I lost it along with that 1.4 million or so that those two ladies had. I claim it first!
4
posted on
05/23/2003 7:50:07 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: CFW
So that's where I left it.
5
posted on
05/23/2003 7:50:51 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
To: kattracks
Big haul..surely a good day if a looter!
6
posted on
05/23/2003 7:52:31 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: CFW
I'm a witness I saw you had it then suddenly it was gone.
7
posted on
05/23/2003 7:53:23 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
To: Flurry
I'm a witness I saw you had it then suddenly it was gone.How many bars do you want?
8
posted on
05/23/2003 7:55:09 AM PDT
by
CFW
To: kattracks
From
another thread:
American troops confiscated what they believe may be gold bars worth up to $500 million, defense officials said Friday.
9
posted on
05/23/2003 7:55:14 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: CFW
Oh I couldn't use more than a hundred pounds or so.
10
posted on
05/23/2003 7:56:10 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
To: Flurry; CFW
Kindly insert Batavia into the mix. My Nigerian buddy is a couple of days late with some funds, and I'm facing a wee bit of cash flow difficulty as a result.
Thanks in advance...
11
posted on
05/23/2003 8:06:59 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Bumperootus!)
To: ErnBatavia
It's up to CFW. It was CFW's stuff. More witnesses will be a help for the claim.
12
posted on
05/23/2003 8:32:37 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
To: ErnBatavia; Flurry; CFW; kattracks
Okay fellas. Enough of this! I'm from the government and I'm here to help. Please send me your bank account numbers and after I examine this gold I'll see that it gets deposited into your accounts. Trust me ;-)
13
posted on
05/23/2003 9:11:28 AM PDT
by
NFOShekky
(Freedom Is Never Free.)
To: NFOShekky
Hold up there boss, let's see some ID.
14
posted on
05/23/2003 9:21:33 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(If you're looking for a friend, get a dog.)
To: kattracks
Archie Gates: I'm talking about millions in Kuwaiti bullion.
Conrad Vig: Is that those little cubes you but in hot water to make soup?
Archie Gates: No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup. - George Clooney and Spike Jonze, Three Kings
Yeah, yeah, I know, Hollyweird liberal. Funny line though.
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