Yes, FROM Afghanistan TO Dubai and suspected to include Opium dollars. Rep. Dennis Kucinich addresses the House Floor with this question…
And For What?
Reported in the Washington Times:
Officials puzzle over millions of dollars leaving Afghanistan by plane for Dubai
The cash flown out of Kabul includes a wide range of foreign currencies. Most is in U.S. dollars, euros and — to the bafflement of officials — Saudi Arabian riyals, a currency not widely used in Afghanistan.
Last month, a well-dressed Afghan man en route to Dubai was found carrying three briefcases stuffed with $3 million in U.S. currency and $2 million in Saudi currency, according to an American official who was present when the notes were counted. A few days later, the same man was back at the Kabul airport, en route to Dubai again, with about $5 million in U.S. and Saudi bank notes.
One theory is that some of the Arab nation’s cash might come from Saudi donations that were supposed to go to mosques and other projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But, the American official said, “we don’t really know what is going on.”
Efforts to figure out just how much money is leaving Afghanistan and why have been hampered by a lack of cooperation from Dubai, complained Afghan and U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Dubai’s financial problems, said a U.S. official, had left the emirate eager for foreign cash, and “they don’t seem to care where it comes from.” Dubai authorities declined to comment. Washingtonpost.com
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