Saddam Withdrew USD 1 B before US Invasion

World | December 4, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has withdrawn over USD 1 B from Iraq's central bank hours before the invasion of US forces, international agencies reported. The reports cite a letter, believed to have been written by the former dictator, which was found was US experts at the bank. "We are giving, with this written note, permission for Mr. Qusay Saddam Hussein and Mr. Hekmat Mezban Ibrahiem to receive the following amounts of money: 1 - $920 million. 2 - 90 million euros. To protect and save them from American aggression", the letter purportedly reads.

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