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#include <francophones> by flatlander2003-12-21 05:45:49
  No, tons it is. by SaleGamine 2003-12-21 06:21:50
But they have only found 300kg that were bought back in 1991 before desert Storm and have been frozen ever since.
The rest of the money is invested in a shady company called "The Mediterranean Entreprises Development Project" that was run by Barzan al-Tikriti (Saddam's half-brother) who was the Irakian embassador to the UN in Geneva until 1998.
The money was never put into accounts in Saddam's or his relatives names which is why it's so hard to trace through the maze of front-men and front-companies used.
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    Disclaimer: The info in the preceding post by SaleGamine2003-12-21 06:25:27
    Really? Metric tons... by flatlander2003-12-21 06:33:44
      But, almost certainly, not true. (n/t) by Slamlander2003-12-21 07:54:17
        So did Le Matin claim it was true, but... by flatlander2003-12-21 08:41:06
          65 tonnes works out to about $7 Billion US. by kahuana2003-12-21 09:34:02
            Oh man. Am I glad I'm done with math exams! :-) by kahuana2003-12-21 12:31:30
              Math != Arithmetic by Slamlander2003-12-21 14:55:23
          Le Matin sometimes acts like The Enquirer by Slamlander2003-12-21 15:03:17

 

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