Iraq: Saddam's assets stolen by US, claims security official

[sabra]

Source: AKI

Tehran, 2 Oct. (AKI) - A top member of Iraq's security forces claims that the United States seized the assets of former dictator Saddam Hussein held in various western European countries and kept them 'in its coffers'.

"The United States was able to locate personal property and real estate belonging to the former dictator, his family, and his collaborators, with a total value of more than five billion dollars, and take possession of this treasure," said Ali al-Baghdadi in an interview with official Iranian news agency Fars.

"They ended up in Washington's coffers," al-Baghdadi claimed.

During the interview, al-Baghdadi claims that several bank accounts belonging to 11 people, collaborators and family members of the former dictator were seized, as well as stocks in a Dutch pharmaceutical company.

He says that Saddam's 'treasure' had been deposited in foreign banks and financial institutions where he claims his accounts totalled over 100 billion dollars.

"(It's) A treasure that the Americans, as well as the government in Baghdad, prefer not to talk about," he said.

Read more: http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2532825684

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. They should give it to Wall Street. They clearly need it more than we do. nt

[snooper2]

2. let us have the 5 Billion

corruption in Iraq will get you 100's of billions :)

[Hydra]

3. Of course

Spoils of war and all that- it's not like we went in to liberate people. We went in to liberate wealth.

[formercia]

4. A hallmark of Wars of Aggression.

This has been the case since before written History.

[bluesmail]

5. They want how many billions of dollars on top of

that theft?

[LynnTheDem]

6. Of course.

That's the level New America sank to since 2000.

[tom_paine]

7. No, they ended up in BUSHIE COFFERS.

Bushie Coffers are not American Coffers...not in any real sense of the word.

[tanyev]

8. Why do you think Cheney needed those man-sized safes?

[Nihil]

9. And that's not even starting on the priceless historical artifacts ...

... that were stolen (or in some cases just vandalised) by the "liberators" ...

:grr:

[Solly Mack]

10. K&R

[OakCliffDem]

11. Kicked and Recommended