Bank security in Iraq.

EveryBody's LinksBAGHDAD: 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.

Doesn't anyone see the humor in this. Bush is screaming how secure Iraq is and the people guarding the bank ripped off a quarter of a billion bucks. Do you have any Idea how much 250 million bucks in 100 dollar bills weighs, (I've never had enough of them to bother weighing) I'll bet it weighs a ton or better. They must have had a huge truck, LOL. Yeah, I noticed they didn't bother with the Dinars, eh P4B.

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Yeah, I noticed they didn't bother with the Dinars, eh P4B.

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Wrong again my left wing friend.........LOL

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THIEVES have stolen about $US300 million ($348 million) from a bank in Baghdad, in one of the biggest thefts in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

Police said the thieves were three guards who worked at the private Dar Es Salaam bank in Baghdad's Karrada district.

They said that when bank employees arrived for work yesterday they found the front door open and the money gone.

The guards, who normally slept at the bank, had also disappeared, they said.

An official at the bank said about $US300 million in US denominations had been stolen, as well as 220 million Iraqi dinars ($208,460). He declined to give further details.
Iraq bank's $350m theft | The Australian

When these people are caught, Iraqi justice is going to be a bitch!:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

[quote=Psycho4Bud]Wrong again my left wing friend.........LOL

Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print July 13, 2007
THIEVES have stolen about $US300 million ($348 million) from a bank in Baghdad, in one of the biggest thefts in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.

Police said the thieves were three guards who worked at the private Dar Es Salaam bank in Baghdad's Karrada district.

They said that when bank employees arrived for work yesterday they found the front door open and the money gone.

The guards, who normally slept at the bank, had also disappeared, they said.

An official at the bank said about $US300 million in US denominations had been stolen, as well as 220 million Iraqi dinars ($208,460). He declined to give further details.
Iraq bank's $350m theft | The Australian

When these people are caught, Iraqi justice is going to be a bitch!:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:[ Scuuuse me. the article I read said nothing about Dinars, in fact it said they didn't bother with the Dinars. Just think how rich those guys will be when the dinar Re-Vals,~LOL~. Jeeze, Now I wonder how big their truck really was.

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An official at the bank said about $US300 million in US denominations had been stolen, as well as 220 million Iraqi dinars ($208,460). He declined to give further details.
Iraq bank's $350m theft | The Australian

When these people are caught, Iraqi justice is going to be a bitch!:thumbsup:

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The iraqi money is chump change by comparison, but hell take it all. This is iraq, they probably took the free pens and the toilet. Even if the iraqi police aren't involved, they have more urgent things to busy themselves with, like not getting killed. Even that they do poorly.