<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Could be sand grains, too, I suppose, but according to CNN, The New York Times, and The Economist, what's missing in Iraq is moolah, AKA dosh, lolly, bread, dough, bucks, clams, or smackeroos. And not just hundreds of millions of them but one big shaboozie billion. The Coalition Provisional Authority cannot account for $1 billion of our dollars spent. Maybe they bought trucks or fire hoses or school uniforms. Maybe they bought food or water or electrical parts. Who knows? Not the Coalition accountants.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I myself think they bought lingerie. How many Wonder Bras could you get for $1 billion -- taking into account the fact that Iraq doesn't have a Bon Macy's and hence no buy-two-get-one free over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder sale.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Crossing my heart,</DIV> <DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> LuJane Nisse publisher</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 30, 2004 2:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] lost money</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=476533621-30072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>maybe it is hundreds of millions of people... of insects... of leaves... of trees.... </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=476533621-30072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>headline doesn't say.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=476533621-30072004><FONT color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Sunil Ramalingam<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 30, 2004 1:50 PM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] lost money<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=RTE> <P>Here's the headline of an AP story:</P> <P><STRONG>"Hundreds of Millions Missing in Iraq</STRONG> <BR> By The Associated Press </P> <P> Friday 30 July 2004" </P> <P>Now what I have trouble understanding is how money could go missing in Iraq when we've brought them the miracle of the marketplace</P> <P>Sunil<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>_____________________________________________________<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR> http://www.fsr.net <BR> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>/////////////////////////////////////////////////////<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>