"One Of The Largest Thefts In History": Iraqi Minister Made Off With $800 Million In Shrink Wrapped US Cash

London Sunday Times   |  Marie Colvin   |   March 11, 2007 04:34 PM

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He left Baghdad before the next government discovered that a fortune had been looted from his ministry's account in what one senior investigator has called "one of the largest thefts in history".

The missing money was part of $8.8 billion of shrink-wrap-ped American cash that was flown into Iraq after Saddam fell but which is now unaccounted for. It is the subject of a congressional inquiry in Washington amid growing demands by Democrats to identify those responsible.

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