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06/28/2004:

"Iraq's missing oil billions"

Billions of dollars from Iraq's oil fund cannot be accounted for by the US occupation authority - which was given responsibility for the country's finances by the UN.

Reports by Christian Aid and the Liberal Democrats, Britain's third-largest political party, said there were glaring gaps in the handling of $20 billion generated by Iraq's oil.
Full Article : aljazeera.net

'Failure to account' for Iraq cash

$20m 'hole' in Iraqi funds held by US-led authority