U.S. Believes It Has Found Saddam Money

[Fargin Ice Hole]

BERN, Switzerland (AP) - The United States believes it has found at least $300 million Saddam Hussein hid in banks, yet doesn't have enough evidence to get countries such as Syria and Switzerland to hand over the money, U.S. and European officials told The Associated Press.

The funds at stake could go to the Iraq insurgency or the country's reconstruction - depending on who gets it first. What troubles investigators more is that much of Saddam's cash may already be gone.

The weak U.S. intelligence and the slow-moving investigation, now in its 11th month, have given suspects more than enough time to empty accounts and possibly transfer some funds to Iraq's insurgency, which has cost hundreds of American lives, officials involved in the search said.

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3724153,00.html>

"Believe, Suspected , Presumes all the green light for the US to do anything they ever want."
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[gonefishing]

1. Sounds like a job for Halburtin-Man!

[einniv]

2. Sorry George your deficit is a lot lot bigger than that

[rfranklin]

3. Which will now become the Bush money...

Laundered through Halliburton, Behtel, Carlyle Group and various other "defense" corporations. It was "their money" all along, they just found it again.

[Unforgiven]

9. Yep!!

give that poster a stuffed animal!


(Bell's and whistles going off, ect, ect.) ;)

[llmart]

4. Didn't we hear this crap

awhile back? How many times are they going to try to convince us that the war was worth it? Most of us are so not buying into their propaganda.

[Unforgiven]

11. Gotta keep em

interested during the commercials.

Stay tuned coming up next on the "Soyulent Green" comedy hour it's * and his special guest Osama Bin Laden! Dooooon't touch that dial!

[Barrett808]

5. $300 million? Pocket lint.

by 1991, the Ba'ath had upward of $30 billion hidden in various hot-money entrepots around the world...and invested in respectable Western concerns...

[xxqqqzme]

6. they can sniff out money, guess

SOME intelligence works.....still having trouble w/ those wmd THO!

[Snappy]

7. Legalities?

How can the US Govt. take Saddam's money when the US attacked his sovereign country without just cause? Even if Saddamn was put on trial and found guilty of crimes how can the USA confiscate his money, legally?

[Fargin Ice Hole]

8. because God said so..... Duh??

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[leesa]

15. Is this the model cross the Fundies plan to hang Jesus on when he

comes back? You can bet your ass he ain't going to be happy with them!

[daleo]

10. A bit of poetic justice

After admitting that their evidence and intelligence on WMD, banks are saying 'why should we believe you about this'.

[JPace]

12. $300,000,000?

lets see...if we have spent over a hundred billion
in Iraq (its more) and if a hundred billion were
represented by $1.00 than this find would be about
one third of a penny.

Its not going to help us or them very much.

[rustydog]

13. In Iraq we found the oil fields but couldn't find WMD

In Afghanistan we found the contract for an oil pipeline but no Osama.
When it comes to money and how to make money off of dead Americans, Bush is number one!

[leesa]

14. Was it in Cheney's pockets? This is such crap!