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Cash Crisis Forces U.S. to Print Saddam Banknotes
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 09, 2003 04:53pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Monday, June 9, 2003 10:53:07 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | They have torn down his statues and peppered his portraits with bullet holes, but Iraq's interim U.S. rulers have been forced to print millions of new banknotes bearing the face of Saddam Hussein.
U.S. and British officials concede it is embarrassing to have to print Saddam banknotes, but say it is better to lose face -- by temporarily keeping his face on the currency -- than fan the anger of Iraqis about the dinars in their pockets. |
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