Reply #76: WP: Libyans ‘robbed our own bank’ to fund uprising

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BENGHAZI, Libya — In the days after Libya’s rebels rose up against Moammar Gaddafi, they faced a vexing challenge: How do you pay for a revolution?

They figured that part of the answer could be found inside the secure vaults of the Benghazi branch of the Central Bank of Libya, where Gaddafi’s government held about $505 million.

So they broke in and took it.

“Let me put it this way: We robbed our own bank,” said Ali Tarhouni, the U.S.-educated finance minister for the rebels, who ordered the March heist.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyans-robbed-our-own-bank-to-fund-uprising/2011/05/24/AFAPZhAH_singlePage.html">Libyans ‘robbed our own bank’ to fund uprising

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