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Gunmen steal $55 million from Libyan central bank
Reuters ^ | Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:44pm EDT | Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing

Posted on 10/28/2013 4:00:48 PM PDT by Pan_Yan

(Reuters) - Gunmen stole $55 million in a heist on a van carrying local and foreign currency for the Libyan central bank on Monday, state news agency Lana said.

Ten armed men stopped the van in the coastal city of Sirte carrying 53 million Libyan dinars ($43.49 million) and foreign currency worth $12 million, Lana said. The van was coming from the airport where the cash had been flown in from Tripoli for the local central bank branch.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bankjob; libya; robbery
Chances of arrests being made ... 1:10.
Chances of the money being recovered ... zero.
1 posted on 10/28/2013 4:00:48 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

well isn’t that just real damn convenient


2 posted on 10/28/2013 4:02:11 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Pan_Yan

Some of it will show up in Vegas,....

...just before AQ strikes us again...


3 posted on 10/28/2013 4:04:59 PM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Pan_Yan

“We came, we saw, HE died...”. HILLARY


4 posted on 10/28/2013 4:06:22 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Pan_Yan

With all the arms for terrorists thru Ben Ghazi, gotta imagine this $55 million could be traced, if it was accessible, to US Taxdollars. So, no worries... plenty more where that came from.


5 posted on 10/28/2013 4:08:02 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Pan_Yan

Another foreign policy success of the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.


6 posted on 10/28/2013 4:13:35 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: Pan_Yan

They put $55 mil into one van??!!


7 posted on 10/28/2013 4:24:51 PM PDT by Corporate Democrat
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To: Corporate Democrat

From Libya Herald:

“According to a source there was only one security vehicle accompanying the truck and that those inside had felt unable to take on the ten armed men.”


8 posted on 10/28/2013 4:26:34 PM PDT by Corporate Democrat
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To: Pan_Yan

Anyone recall that notorious case of a ton of cash vanishing fro
The US Embassy in Kabul..? I recall reports of a large STOL a/c packed to the roof with us cash struggling to take-off.


9 posted on 10/28/2013 4:27:40 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: C210N
We're talking about Libya. Oil money from Tripoli is flown around the country to be distributed to the militia to keep the peace.

At least that was how it worked until recently. The East of Libya has declared autonomy, oil production is down to 10% of pre-war levels and there will be no more central government any day now.

10 posted on 10/28/2013 4:29:09 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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To: Pan_Yan

So long as the DNC gets its cut, it’s OK.


11 posted on 10/28/2013 4:29:17 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: gaijin

When the Tunisian government fell they were loading pallets of gold onto a plane bound for Europe with the president’s wife.


12 posted on 10/28/2013 4:31:25 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
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Libyan money has value? They are doing better than us. Who would have thunk it.


13 posted on 10/28/2013 4:34:23 PM PDT by rey
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Money from the central bank.

Guns from Benghazi.

Where are they going to get the lawyers?


14 posted on 10/28/2013 4:41:21 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes right)
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To: Pan_Yan

Was the heist at night? You know, we “lost” those night vision devices in Libya. Where’s that court martial for losing armored vehicles and weapons?


15 posted on 10/28/2013 4:51:02 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Blame the Joker!!!!


16 posted on 10/28/2013 6:32:26 PM PDT by Kolath
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To: Pan_Yan
Was Inspector Clouseau on the beat?


17 posted on 10/28/2013 7:00:57 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Pan_Yan

Pikers... 0 stole trillions.


18 posted on 10/28/2013 7:11:19 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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