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To: Sig who wrote (95771)	4/23/2003 1:35:09 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Dang, they just found another $112MM in a dog kennel. What is the fare to Iraq, anyway?. I wanna get into the hunt You wouldn't if it is all counterfeit. Investigators working to determine how $700 million ended up in Baghdad (Washington-AP) April 23, 2003 - Investigators are trying to figure out how hundreds of millions of US dollars ended up in Iraq despite UN sanctions. The Secret Service is checking to see if piles of $100 bills are genuine. The hundred dollar bill is the most counterfeited US note outside of the United States. If the bills are legitimate, they could have come into Iraq through oil and cash smuggling schemes, illegal trade deals, and sham businesses. US soldiers discovered more than $600 million in packets of new $100 bills hidden behind a false wall in a Baghdad palace. US Central Command says, if it's real, it belongs to the Iraqi people. It's being kept at a secure location until experts can examine it to determine if it actually is real money. Brigadier General Vincent Brooks confirms that soldiers found the cash behind a false wall of a palace compound while they were trying to stop looting. They had to use forklifts to haul away the heavy, tightly wrapped packets of new, $100 bills. The Los Angeles Times reports that $656 million was found last week in a neighborhood along the Tigris River where senior Baath Party and Republican Guard officials lived. Wednesday it's reporting an additional $112 million was found sealed inside seven animal kennels in the same neighborhood. wistv.com Big trouble in Baghdad. 4 GIS PLANNED TO PINCH $12M Wed Apr 23, 4:50 AM ET story.news.yahoo.com M