Iraqi gunmen kill two, steal $850,000 in heist

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25723440.htm

Iraqi gunmen kill two, steal $850,000 in heist

BAGHDAD, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Unknown gunmen stole $850,000 in cash on Sunday after holding up a convoy of armoured vehicles from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance in Baghdad and killing two people, police said.

The gunmen forced the vehicles to halt as they travelled through Mansour, an upmarket district in the west of the capital. It was not clear where the vehicles were headed.

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Crime, including armed robbery and kidnapping, has become commonplace in Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime. Criminals often disguise their activity as the work of insurgents battling U.S. and Iraqi security forces.

[expatriot]

1. hmm... i wonder if they had someone on the inside?

:sarcasm: it is pretty obvious.

[madeline_con]

2. Cash....

Gee, no banks, electronic transfers or money trails??!!

"It was not clear where the vehicles were headed."

To the nearest warlord, to buy his loyalty, no doubt.

"Criminals often disguise their activity as the work of insurgents..."

Hmm, I distinctly remember mention of a couple of British chaps....

[Massacure]

3. That will pay a lot of mercenary insurgents, as well as buy plenty of arms

[Dover]

4. Were they wearing wigs?

Did they speak with a British or American accent?

[MasonJar]

5. Hey if they keep that up they can give Haliburton a run for its

money in about 30 years.