Two US army sergeants have stumbled upon box loads of money, containing an estimated $650 million in cash, in a Baghdad neighborhood where top members of Saddam Hussein’s regime once resided. US officials stated the money would be added to the Iraqi treasury and directed towards the country’s reconstruction efforts.
The enormous cache of hidden money, discovered in a locked up villa close to the Tigris River, confirmed US suspicions the senior Iraqi officials squirreled away massive stashes of ready cash in sites across the country.
The Bush administration hopes the capture of Saddam Hussein's Finance Minister Hikmat Ibrahim Al-Azzawi would lead them to the billions of dollars the ousted Iraqi leader is believed to have stashed overseas. — (menareport.com)
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