Hundreds of vehicles and 20 tons of lead disappear from (Iraqi) government ware houses

[sabra]

Source: Azzaman

Unidentified gunmen stormed government ware houses in the southern city of Basra and stole 375 government cars and 20 tons of lead, police sources say.

The robbery is reported to be the largest and most organized in the years since the U.S. invasion of the country.

The robbers were said to by carrying forged papers which enabled them to drive away with the vehicles, the sources refusing to be named said.

The lead has disappeared from government warehouses in central Iraq.

The lead robbers are also said to have used faked papers to empty the ware house of its contents. Lead can be used in the preparations of explosive materials and bombs.

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The government in Baghdad is still silent as security officials express grave concern since cars and lead are the main ingredients of bombings in Iraq.





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