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Iraqi Officers Behind $4.8M Bank Heist

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2009 6:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Iraqi robbers who killed eight security guards and stole $4.8 million from a Baghdad bank this week were army officers, not insurgents, the Los Angeles Times reports. Iraqi police revealed today the arrest of four elite officers assigned to guard Shiite Vice President... Read full story »

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