Our tax dollars at work

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/12/africa/12iraq.php 

Guards steal $282 million from a bank in Baghdad

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.

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