I was just reading an article on "Solider's Pay"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6349030/ (to be aired election night)
partway down the page, the text reads:
He was also intrigued by a newspaper story about American soldiers, including Supply Sergeant Matt Novak, who had discovered millions of dollars in gold and cash in Iraq last year. The plot of “Three Kings” revolves around three soldiers who find Iraqi gold during the 1991 war.
My brother-in-law, who is a private investigator, found Matt Novak and one of his cohorts,” said Russell. Novak, a Gulf War hero <18 medals> who was given a dishonorable discharge because of his role in finding the money, regards himself as the military’s “fall guy” in the case. Although he was vindicated by one investigator, the incident ended his 12-year military career.
Novak also gives some of the most vivid testimony in the film, describing how he and his fellow soldiers were routinely encouraged to loot Iraqis’ homes, taking not only military equipment but jewelry, DVD players and boxes filled with American dollars. Iraqi street kids are shown taunting them, calling them “Ali Babas” and oil thieves.
“There was a free-for-all,” says Novak, adding that the soldiers would often play video games on the looted computers.
He wonders what happened to the trucks full of gold and caches of money they discovered: “Did the Iraqi people get that money back?”--snip
So, what happened to those millons?
Sounds like a good movie to watch. Wish it were playing before Nov. 1.
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