Long ago and far away.....
One hundred dollar banknotes were shipped:
"In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors. Using C-130 planes, the deliveries took place once or twice a month with the biggest of $2,401,600,000 on June 22 2004, six days before the handover."
"The numbers are so large that it doesn't seem possible that they're true. Who in their right mind would send 363 tonnes of cash into a war zone?"
[...]
"...Asked what had happened to the $8.8bn he replied: "I have no idea. I can't tell you whether or not the money went to the right things or didn't - nor do I actually think it's important."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1
During the Iraq war, fuel had to be trucked in from Kuwait (by Haliburton) because the Iraqi oil equipment had not been maintained or was destroyed. For a thoroughly depressing, fascinating account of the entire mess:
http://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Life-Emerald-Rajiv-Chandrasekaran-ebook/dp/B000JMKTK0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461805308&sr=1-1&keywords=imperial+life+in+the+emerald+city
"In the year after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 nearly 281 million notes, weighing 363 tonnes, were sent from New York to Baghdad for disbursement to Iraqi ministries and US contractors. Using C-130 planes, the deliveries took place once or twice a month with the biggest of $2,401,600,000 on June 22 2004, six days before the handover."
"The numbers are so large that it doesn't seem possible that they're true. Who in their right mind would send 363 tonnes of cash into a war zone?"
[...]
"...Asked what had happened to the $8.8bn he replied: "I have no idea. I can't tell you whether or not the money went to the right things or didn't - nor do I actually think it's important."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1
During the Iraq war, fuel had to be trucked in from Kuwait (by Haliburton) because the Iraqi oil equipment had not been maintained or was destroyed. For a thoroughly depressing, fascinating account of the entire mess:
http://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Life-Emerald-Rajiv-Chandrasekaran-ebook/dp/B000JMKTK0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461805308&sr=1-1&keywords=imperial+life+in+the+emerald+city