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Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: hawk220 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
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: ra on May 23, 2003, 12:13:26 PM: ...or Kelly's Heroes.
Title: So..
Post by: Syzygyone on May 23, 2003, 12:19:41 PM: So that's where my gold went. I've been looking for it!
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Octavius on May 23, 2003, 12:31:45 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ra
...or Kelly's Heroes.

awesome flick :)

eightball was my hero =]
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Wlfgng on May 23, 2003, 12:45:45 PM: it started as 1 billion.. then
3/4 billion...

now 1/2 billion....

hmmmmmm

(probably)
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Airscrew on May 23, 2003, 12:46:42 PM: "Vibes man, too many negative vibes"
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: hawk220 on May 23, 2003, 12:47:32 PM: oh ya! forgot about Kelly's Heros.. what a great movie!
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Animal on May 23, 2003, 04:54:35 PM: "What?! Gold?! THEY TOLD ME I WAS CARRYING BRONZE!!!

I LOVE AMERICA MICKEY MOUSE DONALD DUCK PEPSI"
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Mini D 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.

MiniD
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Wlfgng on May 23, 2003, 05:00:50 PM: lmao
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: davidpt40 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.
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Dowding on May 23, 2003, 05:36:22 PM: Eightball? I think you mean oddball, man.

Woof, woof. That's my other dog impression.
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Jack55 on May 27, 2003, 08:58:38 AM: Lots of the shiney stuff.

(http://www.stripesonline.com/mainphotos/2_653639.jpg)
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: udet 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 :)
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: gofaster on May 27, 2003, 12:56:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by udet
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.
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Animal on May 27, 2003, 01:17:04 PM: That gold rightfully belongs to America, for all the money Saddam made us spend for invading his oil wells :mad:
Title: 3rd cav finds 1/2 billion in gold
Post by: Mini D on May 27, 2003, 01:48:12 PM: Oh sure, we find some gold and every third world "we didn't want to become a state" "country" in the world suddenly starts using the term WE.

That's what I hate about Puerto Rico... all the damn beggars. You'd do much better if you just put all of that energy into finding a job. Or... maybe robbing steve.

MiniD