WASHINGTON (AFP) - US soldiers in Iraq (news - web sites) seized a truck believed to be loaded with 2,000 gold bars worth as much as 500 million
dollars during a routine search near the Syrian border, the US military said.
"The bars may have a total worth of 500 million dollars, depending on karat weight and purity," the US Central Command said.
Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment stopped the Mercedes truck and its two occupants Thursday in Al Qaim, finding the 40-pound
(18-kilogram) bars, which measured four inches by five inches by 10 inches (10 centimeters by 13 centimeters by 25 centimeters).
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