U.S. seizes $1.62 billion in Iraqi assets

Friday, March 28, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has seized $1.62 billion in Iraqi assets already frozen in the United States and will use the money to help rebuild the country once Saddam Hussein is ousted, a top Treasury Department official said Thursday.

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