Hussein's Son Took $1 Billion Just Before War

LiveFreeOrDie · May 6, 2003

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/i...00&en=1877ee35c1190be8&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

CrewDust · May 6, 2003

Good for him. A man has to get paid.

DJPoopypants · May 6, 2003

By the way, when are we gonna see "Iraqi Cribs" on MTV? That would be cool. AL-Jazeera must have that.

DJPoopypants · May 6, 2003

Why make trillions if you could make... billions?

LiveFreeOrDie · May 6, 2003

The report cites an unidentified Iraqi official as saying the volume of cash was so large - about $900 million in U.S. currency and $100 million in Euros - that three tractor trailers were needed to carry it.

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=63102437-D585-47A9-8A2CB3D1FD13690B

Looting in Bagdad seems to appear in a different light now

Ian McCracken · May 6, 2003

Man, if this was Ken Lay doing that then the liberals would be frothing at the mouth.

csc7 · May 6, 2003

yes because we shouldn't expect better behavior from a US CEO than a third world dictator

Nutmeg · May 6, 2003

Originally posted by csc7
yes because we shouldn't expect better behavior from a US CEO than a third world dictator
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Relative morals. You gotta love it.

DJPoopypants · May 6, 2003

Originally posted by Nutmeg
Relative morals. You gotta love it.
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hardly.

One expects 3rd world dictators to do such things - that does not make it right.

One does not expect CEO's to steal billions of ...er, well, hmmmmm...

CrewDust · May 7, 2003

Can you say new MLS investor?

argentine soccer fan · May 7, 2003

Yeah, it sounds like a lot of money, but he also has a lot of overhead. Hookers and exotic animals don't come cheap, and neither does Gorgeous George.