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Can you believe this?
       Michael

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Bush speaks of 'Soviet dinar' in speech about Iraq
August 18, 2004

HUDSON, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush spoke of "the 
Soviet dinar," even though dinars are the Iraqi currency.

Recalling a White House meeting last spring with an Iraqi man who had both 
of his arms amputated by the regime of Saddam Hussein, the president said 
the man, who worked as a jeweller, was accused of illegal currency trading.

"And he had sold dinars on a particular day to buy another currency, euros 
or dollars, so he could buy gold to manufacture his product," Bush said.

"And because the Soviet dinar had devalued, Saddam Hussein plucked this guy 
out of society to punish him, and six other small merchants, for the 
devaluation of their currency. He just summarily said, you're it, come here 
-- and cut his hand off."