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2024-09-26 16:03:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1E20D4CADB22B06C74BD119430314BC92E97F47A5F3C30EF9F610631AAA515E3
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Original Note:
The gold bars in question were seized by US forces after having been illegally smuggled out of Baghdad https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2003/5/27/iraq-money-and-gold-retrieved All gold and cash reserves that could be found were returned to the new Iraqi government in 2004, in addition to a transfer of $1.7 billion to cover Iraqi budgets. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-04-579t
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