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Offline hawk220

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3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
« on: May 23, 2003, 11:58:24 AM »
kinda-sorta like that movie 'Three Kings'






Central Command: Suspected gold shipment recovered
U.S.: Bars could be worth $500 million
Friday, May 23, 2003 Posted: 11:09 AM EDT (1509 GMT)


 

 
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. troops seized what is believed to be a massive gold shipment Friday during a routine traffic stop near the Iraqi border with Syria, U.S. Central Command announced.

Soldiers with the Army's 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment found about 2,000 bars -- each weighing 40 pounds -- while searching a Mercedes truck driven by two men.

The bars have not yet been tested to determine their contents, Central Command said, adding that they could be worth as much as $500 million, depending on their purity and karat weight.

The men said they were paid $350 to pick the truck up in Baghdad and drive it to an unnamed person in the Iraqi town of Qaim near the Syrian border, along a known smuggling route. They said they were told the bars were bronze, the Central Command statement said.

The bars are now in custody of the 3rd Cavalry.

Coalition forces have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars believed to have been taken by members of Saddam Hussein's regime before the start of the war

Offline ra

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2003, 12:13:26 PM »
...or Kelly's Heroes.

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So..
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2003, 12:19:41 PM »
So that's where my gold went.  I've been looking for it!

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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2003, 12:31:45 PM »
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...or Kelly's Heroes.


awesome flick :)

eightball was my hero =]
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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2003, 12:45:45 PM »
it started as 1 billion.. then
3/4 billion...

now 1/2 billion....



hmmmmmm






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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2003, 12:46:42 PM »
"Vibes man,  too many negative vibes"

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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2003, 12:47:32 PM »
oh ya! forgot about Kelly's Heros.. what a great movie!

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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2003, 04:54:35 PM »
"What?! Gold?! THEY TOLD ME I WAS CARRYING BRONZE!!!

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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2003, 05:00:03 PM »
40 tons in the back of a mercedes truck?  I'm suprised the front wheels were even touching the ground.

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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2003, 05:00:50 PM »
lmao

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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2003, 05:03:09 PM »
Thats strange, seems the drivers said something about their originally being 1 billion in gold.  

I can picture it now- 3rd cav troops playing football with gold bars, using gold bars as paper weights, target practice, boot racks and all other sort of stuff.

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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2003, 05:36:22 PM »
Eightball? I think you mean oddball, man.

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« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2003, 08:58:38 AM »
Lots of the shiney stuff.



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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2003, 12:42:49 PM »
yet another reason to join the Army. I bet some enterprising soldiers found a way to melt it into various unconspicuous shapes
and bring some home. If none of them did that, they're not real GIs :)

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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2003, 12:56:11 PM »
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yet another reason to join the Army. I bet some enterprising soldiers found a way to melt it into various unconspicuous shapes
and bring some home. If none of them did that, they're not real GIs :)


Can opener.

Shoe horn.

Eye glass frames.

Belt buckle.

Boot shank.

The little hard things at the end of shoelaces.

Teeth.