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To: Sig who wrote (94651)4/18/2003 8:08:34 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
I believe this is the story you're referring to.

Armed Marines Guard $1 Billion in Gold
foxnews.com

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. Marines with machine guns and tanks stood watch Friday over what they estimated was $1 billion in gold -- safeguarding bank vaults that withstood direct rocket-propelled grenade hits by robbers determined to fight their way in.

.....The bank, by some accounts, holds some of the most precious items in Iraq: ancient gold artifacts that were taken from the National Museum for safekeeping before the U.S.-led war started, and stashed in the bank's vaults.....
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