[link|http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters05-14-142250.asp?reg=MIDEAST|Less spending money for escaping regime members, more for their former victims]
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David Aufhauser, Treasury's general counsel, said records kept by central bank officials indicated that it was probable that $850 million in banknotes found by U.S. troops in Baghdad in April was part of the hoard removed from the bank by Qusay.
Aufhauser told a hearing of a House of Representatives Financial Services subcommittee, said it was ''more likely than not'' that much of the stolen currency had been recovered.
Aufhauser said Iraq central bank employees kept good records of Qusay's withdrawal of $900 million in U.S. dollars and another $100 million in euros, down to the number of boxes needed to ship the money: 236.
He said 191 of the boxes had been found, with about $850 million in U.S. dollars and $100 million in euros.
It was the first time a U.S. official has firmly linked the cash found by U.S. troops with the withdrawal from the central bank by Qusay. Hoards of cash were found in a number of places.
I say:
Good news! Let's rejoice everybody! Unless you were rooting for Saddam, in which case...