Reply #6: A bank was robbed of 10 bil dinars -right next door to a US command post

[Rose Siding]

which really made me wonder: aren't they keeping a LOOK-OUT for strangely loaded trucks?

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The day before, about 10 billion Iraqi dinars, or $7 million, had disappeared from Al Rafidain Bank in downtown Ramadi, next door to an American command post. Al Rafidain was the only functioning bank in Anbar, and the $7 million represented most of the bank's deposits. That amount of dinars would have filled several large trunks, but no one admitted to seeing a thing.

"There were more than 150 people in the bank that day," Corte said. "That doesn't sound right to me, Governor."

The governor agreed. "It is hard to believe that with this much military presence next door, they could do this," he said. "It must have been an inside job."

Colonel Sean MacFarland, an American officer, said: "People's life savings were in there. Were the deposits insured?"

The governor allowed himself a small smile. "In Iraq, we don't have that," he said.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/11/africa/web.0711ramadi.php

Bet the Iraqi governor about choked. The Col wanted to blame the bank worker while the command post ALSO slept through it. I'll say it must have been an inside job.