Iraqi Official: Saddam Gives Info on Weapons, Funds
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein has given his U.S. captors information on hidden weapons and as much as $40 billion he may have seized while he was Iraq's president, an Iraqi official was quoted as saying on Monday."Saddam has confessed the names of people he told to keep the money and he gave names of those who have information on equipment and weapons warehouses," Iyad Allawi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat daily.
"The Governing Council is searching for $40 billion worth of funds seized by Saddam when he was in power and which has been deposited in Switzerland, Japan, Germany and other countries under the names of fictitious companies," Allawi said. (emphasis added)
I would love to know what some of the fictitious company names are. Here are my guesses: German Non-Aggression Fund, German Media Cooperation Fund, the Mother of all Sparkonten, Hammurabi Inc., etc.
On a more serious note: we do have an opportunity right now to show that we are more magnanimous than a billionaire dictator. We can make donations to the Iranian quake victims at www.worldvision.com, or your favorite charity.
Posted by: Erik Eisel | December 29, 2003 at 06:38 PM