RUSSIA: ARMED ROBBERS SNATCH THREE MILLION U.S. DOLLARS FROM IRAQI EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.

Record ID: 646784

  • Title: RUSSIA: ARMED ROBBERS SNATCH THREE MILLION U.S. DOLLARS FROM IRAQI EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.
  • Date: 29th July 2003
  • Summary: (W3) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JULY 29, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: RUSSIAN POLICE PATROLLING OUTSIDE OF EMBASSY 0.07 2. MV: POLICE OFFICIALS WALKING OUT OF EMBASSY DOOR 0.19 3. GV: POLICE VANS 0.27 4. GV: POLICE OFFICIALS INSIDE EMBASSY GATE 0.41 5. GV: POLICE PATROLLING OUTSIDE OF EMBASSY 0.52 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th August 2003 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA6GBJ43DEKN9EU3HR20BTBKZSI
  • Story Text: Armed robbers snatch three million U.S. dollars from
    the Iraqi embassy, Russian police said.



    Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Moscow police
    sources as saying Iraqi embassy staff had alerted police
    around 0600 local time (0200GMT) on Tuesday (July 29) to
    report an armed robbery.

    Police sources quoted by Interfax, said staff at the
    embassy had said that $3 million U.S. dollars was missing.

    An embassy official reached by phone also told Reuters on
    Tuesday that at least $3 million U.S. dollars had been taken
    from the embassy safe.

    The Iraqi embassy in Moscow is currently not functioning
    as a full mission. The ambassador who had served under the
    Saddam Hussein government left the country one month ago,
    without a replacement. Much of the top ranking diplomatic
    staff, including the chief military and political attaches,
    have also left the mission.



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