INSIDE JOB NETS 3 MILLION FOR TERRORISTS

The Iraqi resistance seems to have gotten a cash infusion. Armed robbers stole $3 million from the Iraqi embassy in Moscow.

"Between 1:30 and 2 a.m., three masked thieves broke through the backdoor of the embassy," Rajab said."They knew the accountant was guarding the embassy. They broke the door, threatened him with a gun and a knife, punched him, hit his head and stomach and forced him to open the safe in the accountant's room."

[Embassy official M. A.] Rajab said about $3 million and smaller amounts in rubles and euros were in the safe, which the thieves swept clean. No record of the serial numbers of the bills was kept.

After recovering from the shock of the attack, the accountant telephoned other embassy employees, he said. They notified the guard at the front gate, who was unaware that anything out of the ordinary had happened, and called the police.

A police spokeswoman said the embassy call came in at about 6 a.m.

Robbery by 2 am, call the cops at 6? That leaves four hours for a clean getaway, plus time to deal with any evidence left on the scene. The robbers knew what they were doing:

He suggested that the robbers were familiar with the embassy layout, its lowered security measures and the large amount of cash that had been brought in.

"We don't usually keep that much money around," he said. "My personal view is that the thieves are familiar with the building." He said he suspected that some former visitors to the embassy carried out the robbery. "The people who work here are trustworthy. We cannot accuse anybody, it's not fair," he said.

It's not the first time Iraqi embassies have been the scene strange events.

This story is also one more indication that we're killing terrorists of all stripes in the pocketbook.