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Iraqi Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, a Shi'ite official who is a leading contender to be the next prime minister, flashes the victory sign after the results of the country's national elections were announced in Baghdad, February 13, 2005. The United Iraqi Alliance, which won Iraq (news - web sites)'s first election since Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s overthrow, insists that one of its candidates -- probably Mahdi-- be appointed as prime minister. Mahdi stands in front of a poster of the head of the Shi'ite alliance, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Photo by Akram Saleh/Reuters
... Notice.. "Iraqi FINANCE Minister". Do you suppose he knows where that missing 9 BILLION is?