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December 30, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=?type=topNews&storyID=4052655

Iraqi Official: Saddam Gives Info on Weapons, Funds

(Reuters) - Saddam Hussein has given his U.S. captors information on hidden weapons and as much as $40 billion he may have seized while he was Iraq's president, an Iraqi official said Monday. "Saddam has confessed the names of people he told to keep the money and he gave names of those who have information on equipment and weapons warehouses," Iyad Allawi, a member of the Iraqi Governing Council, told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat daily. "The Governing Council is searching for $40 billion worth of funds seized by Saddam when he was in power and which has been deposited in Switzerland, Japan, Germany, and other countries under the names of fictitious companies," Allawi said.

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