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$282 Million Stolen in Heist At Private Bank in Baghdad
[New York Times Full Feed]

Published Date: July 12, 2007 03:47:35 AM EDT
Page: 14
Section: A
Author: ALISSA J. RUBIN; Iraqi employees of The New York Times contributed reporting from Diyala, Mosul, Hilla and Falluja.
Dateline: BAGHDAD, July 11

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.

Several officials speculated that the robbers had connections to the militias, because it would be difficult for them to move without being searched through many checkpoints in Baghdad.

[thepeel]

I'm sure they will just buy a Benz and some rims...

Who in their right fucking mind would keep a quarter of a billion in a bank in BAGHDAD? Geeze. Anywhere!

[happeningthang]

More likely one of those militias is going to be buying some shiny new guns and rockets.

[Sooke]

[idonojacs]

Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.

[Guri Guy]

Maybe it's a way for the Bush administration to funnel money to whatever cause they want. Perhaps it wasn't really stolen?

[Tony_Balony]

$282 Million, thats like 45 seconds of spending in the Iraq war.