Posted on 04/17/2003 4:20:21 PM PDT by The Hon. Galahad Threepwood
(CBS) A riot broke out at a Baghdad bank Thursday after thieves blew a hole in the vault and dropped children in to bring out fistfuls of cash. U.S. troops arrested the thieves and removed $4 million in U.S. dollars for safekeeping.
Hundreds of people converged on the bank once the thieves blew the vault open, demanding that the thieves give them the money.
Guns were fired, and a U.S. Army unit arrived, arresting a dozen men and youths inside the bank while many in the crowd chanted their approval. The U.S. soldiers recovered about $4 million in U.S. currency, which they took away in burlap bags for safekeeping.
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It's so sad, we've lost Baghdad,
We can rob a bank vault or two!
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