Hussein's billions found, says U.S.

[Newsjock]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/21/MNGMT2FSGC1.DTL

Douglas Jehl, New York Times

Washington -- U.S. investigators have evidence that $3 billion that belonged to Saddam Hussein's government is being held in Syrian-controlled banks in Syria and Lebanon, Bush administration officials say.

A delegation led by the Treasury Department has spent nearly two weeks in Damascus trying to win access to accounts established by the former Iraqi government or its confederates, the officials said last week. Syria has promised to cooperate but has so far failed to do so, the officials said.

A U.N. resolution passed after the U.S.-led war against Iraq calls on all nations to seize and return to the American-administered Fund for Development in Iraq all assets of the former Baghdad government so they may be used to benefit the Iraqi people.

... The officials acknowledged that their information was not entirely up to date, and they said the American investigators, including a team from the Internal Revenue Service, did not know for sure whether the $3 billion was still in the banks.

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[meegbear]

1. Hmmm ...

First we criticize Syria for terrorism, then we bascially give a green light to Israel to bomb, and now this.

Holy Cambodia Batman!

[realFedUp]

10. maybe they were bombing the bank....

:eyes:

[Spazito]

2. You have to love it!

We found it! Ummmm, maybe we found it, ummmm, not sure if it is still there BUT we found it!

[Maeve]

3. Can't find WMD, but can sniff out money

Maybe. :eyes:

[papau]

4. The EU banker said US transferred 12 Billion out of Iraq - we "find" 3 B ?

Let's see how the US Media's short term memory is - will they now check out the CIA transferred Iraq Bank Billions out of Iraq story? - they did not bother a few months ago when the story surfaced.

My bet is that the US Media will just publish the above Rove handout - and not do any extra work.

I think I know my US Media!! :-(

:-)

[LuminousX]

5. A-Ha! This should shut those naysayers up

Bush has been telling us all along Saddam had billions of dollars hidden away but all those liberals kept on saying he didn't have any money. Well looky here, Saddam's fortune has been found. And the liberals said the war was based on lies. I hope they enjoy eating crow.

[emad]

6. What is the name of the bank account holder?

Mr A Sharon, of Down Town Tel Aviv, Israel? Or maybe Mr G W Bush of Midland, Texas, joint account holder with Mr Neil Bush (savings and loans banks being his speciality) and Mr Jeb Bush (hopefully soon resident at Florida State Penitentiary)

[leesa]

7. So more twelve year old information. Do these guys EVER tell the truth?

That money, if it exists (doubtful) is certainly in the hands of our corrupt leaders.

[w13rd0]

8. I was expecting...

...Hussein's billions found, US says, in pockets of Cheney and other benefactors of the Bush administration...

[Don_G]

9. Dimbo Is As Honest As The Day Is Long

In Alaska where they can get up to 600 seconds of sunlight on a good, clear day.

[arcane1]

11. um, what business is this of OURS??

are we officially stealing all of his money, too? :shrug:

[Jorje Bzsch]

16. WE GONNA REPLACE THIS 3 B TO THE HURLIBURTON INC

FOR LOSS REVENUE FOR THE OIL.

[rocktivity]

12. Why shouldn't the Bush White House know where Saddam's money is?

They GAVE it to him! And how conveeeeeeeeient that it's in a country they're just dying t bomb!


rocknation

[dbt]

13. And how many billions ("war" costs included)

Did it take us to find (or not) this three billion?

:freak:
dbt

(Note: human lives left out of total cost projections because of the difficulty of assigning monetary value!)

[Barrett808]

14. Invade Syria to liberate the money!

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[TahitiNut]

18. Bonnie Bush and Clyde Cheney are obviously drooling over it.

The gluttony, greed, and covetousness of these sociopaths is entirely predicitable.

[Jorje Bzsch]

15. Why? US FINDS SOMETHING IN SYRIA? IRAN OR LEBANON

It is Either Syria . Lebonan .or Iran. why not Switzerland ? or Leichnestein. Bahamas. Why the hell Saddam Wants to bring His Money to Syria? which bank?

[CO Liberal]

17. Is Halliburton a Co-Signor On the Accounts?

:-)

[htuttle]

19. I don't know why, but this reminds me of an old Marxist joke

Chico: "Did you know there is a million dollars hidden in the house next door?"

Groucho: "There is no house next door."

Chico: "Well, then let's build one!"

[Jorje Bzsch]

20. Thats reaaly a funny one

Hahahah LOL

[GregW]

21. Wow! Cool! So now we only have to appropriate $84B ... right?

:eyes:

[myrna minx]

22. LOL--reminds me of Krusty the Klown...

"Let's just say it moved me TO A BIGGER HOUSE. Oops... I said the quiet part loud and the loud part quiet. "