"8 Iraqi officials from the OIL AND FINANCE MINISTRIES had been given passports in the middle of APRIL"...?????
IMHO, aint the Iraqi gubment about 8 BILLION or so, SHORT on their "books" ?????? That was the dang lead story about 48 hrs ago or so , on EVERY news station I saw while "surfing"......geeez...it even knocked Scott Peterson,
Wacko Jacko, Kobe, Ofrah, and the Olympics out of the "top-slot"....
Bear in mind this article is from last year... the April date refers to 05/10/2003