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To: Sig who wrote (94651)	4/18/2003 4:52:28 PM
From: XBrit	Respond to of 281500

OT: <<Rush Limbaugh is reporting...>> Hey, if I don't hear it on Debka I don't believe it (LOL).

To: Sig who wrote (94651)	4/18/2003 8:08:34 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to 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.....