Why is misinformation from 2003 being spread again? American soldiers did seize a lot of gold but that but that gold was not taken from Iraq. It was given to the new Iraqi government.
2003 article about the gold. Edit: replaced link with a more detailed article.
Some of the "gold" wasn't even real (paywalled).
78Some of the "gold" wasn't even real
I sort of guessed this. I mean, I might be wrong, but that one dude is holding — with one hand — what looks like a bar that's about 1.5-2 liters in size at least. Meaning like ~60kg (~130lbs).
Ofc I'm waaaay eyeballing it and might be wrong, but either those guys are stronger than they look or that's not gold.
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I'm still surprised they didn't find any. Not that I think Saddam actually had them, but I thought they'd find them anyway.
33I'm honestly surprised they didn't find at least some squirreled away. Don't forget they had an active programme till 1991. Used them in the 80s. You have that many weapons, you'd expect to forget a barrel or two somewhere in a shed.
Means the UN destruction of what remained and regular inspections were actually thorough. IRC the Iraqis also claimed they'd destroyed some on their own, which apparently wasn't a lie.
Or perhaps they sold what they had left. IRC there were reports of a lot of transports to Syria before the war broke out. Would explain where Syria got (some of) its chemical weapons from.
21Well some of them were used against the Kurds, possibly the Marsh Arabs as well.
Still surprising there was nothing left though.
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Not going to lie if I was there I would've had to pull a Huel
10I mean... if they did find any chemical weapons sitting on them and taking selfies might not be a good idea.
Just saying.
10I guarantee you there'd be pictures of Joe sitting on em, playing with em, pretending to drink from them...
Military gives a lot of people a a fairly dark sense of humor :)
-12No lie. I heard a GI saying to some other guys "Remember you're signed up for this because no one else would and it would illegal to force criminals to do it." Before getting some forced medical treatments.
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Hmm. Is money the weapon of mass destruction that will lead to the end of the world?
7well, they might have switched to the gold standard
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