http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&e=5&u=/nm/iraq_sadd
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He is talking and it seems he hid much more money than everyone knew
about.

? How much is left?


Highlights:

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein has given his U.S. captors
information on hidden weapons and as much as $40 billion he may have
seized while he was Iraq's president, an Iraqi official was quoted as
saying on Monday.


"Saddam has confessed the names of people he told to keep the money
and he gave names of those who have information on equipment and
weapons warehouses," Iyad Allawi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi
Governing Council, told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat daily.

"The Governing Council is searching for $40 billion worth of funds
seized by Saddam when he was in power and which has been deposited in
Switzerland, Japan, Germany and other countries under the names of
fictitious companies," Allawi said.


Earlier this month, Iraq's finance minister said his country was
preparing to demand some $3 billion in cash held in Syrian state banks
under deals struck with Saddam's government.

"Interrogators are now focusing on the relationship between him and
terrorist organizations and on funds paid to groups outside Iraq,"
Allawi told the newspaper.


It is not clear whether Saddam was behind ambushes that have killed at
least 211 U.S. soldiers since Washington declared major combat over on
May 1.