8/26/2003: Iraqi truck of gold

Undertoad · 08-26-2003, 11:13 AM

This is the inside of a fuel tanker, and what the gent there is standing on appears to be bars of gold.

(I'm rich! Rich, I tells ya! Woo hoo! Etc.)

Strategypage has the story of this truck which was impounded by Iraqi police for having bad license plates (Auto licensing enforcement is in effect in Iraq by local cops? Cool.)

A local official turned down a $10,000 bribe to give the truck back, too -- instead taking it to the US Marines so they could take a look.

I seem to recall hearing that another cache of gold turned out to be fake after further inspection, so you never know, but the bribe gives this one an air of legitimacy, doesn't it?

08-26-2003, 11:13 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/26/2003: Iraqi truck of gold This is the inside of a fuel tanker, and what the gent there is standing on appears to be bars of gold. (I'm rich! Rich, I tells ya! Woo hoo! Etc.) Strategypage has the story of this truck which was impounded by Iraqi police for having bad license plates (Auto licensing enforcement is in effect in Iraq by local cops? Cool.) A local official turned down a $10,000 bribe to give the truck back, too -- instead taking it to the US Marines so they could take a look. I seem to recall hearing that another cache of gold turned out to be fake after further inspection, so you never know, but the bribe gives this one an air of legitimacy, doesn't it?

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