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Saddam's quick cash to the rescue.


Bush Administration officials say one reason the U.S. government in the aftermath of the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars.
Iraq War
 or Second Persian Gulf War

Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S.
 was able to move funds quickly into the country, immediately paying dollars for services, was the existence of Saddam Hussein's assets frozen for more than a decade since the Gulf War. Strategists say that fortunately the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Federal Reserve was in a position to release immediately nearly $2 billion in frozen assets Frozen Assets is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on July 14 1964 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York under the title Biffen's Millions, and in the United Kingdom on August 14 1964 by Herbert Jenkins, London. . As problematic as the effort to rebuild Iraq Iraq or Irak (both: ēräk`, ĭrăk`), officially Republic of Iraq, republic (2005 est. pop. 26,075,000), 167,924 sq mi (434,924 sq km), SW Asia.  has been, they say, things would likely have been worse had Saddam's quick cash not been available.
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Title Annotation:Off The News; Saddam Hussein
Publication:The International Economy
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 22, 2003
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