Oak Kitten
07-27-2007, 06:54 PM
This story broke a couple of weeks ago, and I am amazed that it has not received much attention:
International Herald Tribune
Guards steal $282 million from a bank in Baghdad
By Alissa J. Rubin
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"BAGHDAD: In an astonishing heist, guards at a bank here made off with more than a quarter-billion dollars on Wednesday, according to an official at the Interior Ministry.
The robbery, of $282 million from the Dar Es Salaam bank, a private financial institution, raised more questions than it answered, and officials were tight-lipped about the crime. The local police said two guards engineered the robbery, but an official at the Interior Ministry said three guards were involved.
Both confirmed that the stolen money was in American dollars, not Iraqi dinars. It was unclear why the bank had that much money on hand in dollars, or how the robbers managed to move such a large amount without being detected."
A QUARTER BILLION dollars???!!! That has got to be the world's record. Just goes to show you how well things are going in Iraq. It would not surprise me in the least if all those U.S. dollars were stolen from American taxpayers in the first place. Maybe that is why it is not getting much play in the press, just one set of crooks stealing from another set of crooks. So if you want to live a life of crime, move your butt to Iraq. Big profits to be made there.
Oak
International Herald Tribune
Guards steal $282 million from a bank in Baghdad
By Alissa J. Rubin
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
"BAGHDAD: In an astonishing heist, guards at a bank here made off with more than a quarter-billion dollars on Wednesday, according to an official at the Interior Ministry.
The robbery, of $282 million from the Dar Es Salaam bank, a private financial institution, raised more questions than it answered, and officials were tight-lipped about the crime. The local police said two guards engineered the robbery, but an official at the Interior Ministry said three guards were involved.
Both confirmed that the stolen money was in American dollars, not Iraqi dinars. It was unclear why the bank had that much money on hand in dollars, or how the robbers managed to move such a large amount without being detected."
A QUARTER BILLION dollars???!!! That has got to be the world's record. Just goes to show you how well things are going in Iraq. It would not surprise me in the least if all those U.S. dollars were stolen from American taxpayers in the first place. Maybe that is why it is not getting much play in the press, just one set of crooks stealing from another set of crooks. So if you want to live a life of crime, move your butt to Iraq. Big profits to be made there.
Oak