Anyone want to take a bet on how much of this was money paid by European and United Nations connections to Iraq? A side bet that this was the reason for opposition on doing anything about Iraq. It would be interesting to know if any of this money was used to corrupt American elections.

More Than $1 Billion in Iraqi Assets Found in Foreign Banks (washingtonpost.com): "Officials are pressing the hunt for many billions more Hussein is believed to have moved out of Iraq, worried that those funds are going to terrorist groups or are financing Hussein loyalists' attacks on U.S. troops. 'There was a staggering amount of plunder as a result of the oil-for-food program and other schemes,' said the Treasury Department's recently departed general counsel, David Aufhauser, who until this month helped direct the search. 'While some was spent on ostentatious palaces, most is unaccounted for.' "