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Suspected gold bars found in truck near Iraq border

AMERICAN troops confiscated what they believe may be gold bars worth up to €423m after stopping a truck at a roadblock yesterday.

Sat, 24 May, 2003

Saddam took $1bn on eve of bombing

SADDAM HUSSEIN and his family took about one billion dollars from Iraq’s central bank shortly before the United States began bombing Baghdad, US government officials confirmed yesterday.

Wed, 07 May, 2003

Saddam 'took tractor-loads of cash from bank'

Saddam Hussein ordered that nearly $1bn (€882m) be taken from Iraq’s Central Bank shortly before the United States began bombing Baghdad and sent his son Qusai to grab the cash in the middle of the night, a newspaper reported today.

Tue, 06 May, 2003