The "Soviet dinar"

[Chris Doss <lookoverhere1@xxxxxxxxx>]

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."




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