$10,000 for information on attacks in Iraq

July 30, 2003 1:08 PM

$10,000 for information on attacks in Iraq Sort of like playing the lottery. If you figure the odds on getting the big fish as in Powerball --Saddam for 25 million--are against you, then play the daily for 25 thousand. Turn in your brother-in-law, for example for some quick bucks. Sounds like a worthwhile way to snag some bad folks and I am surprised it hadn't been used earlier. Good use of my tax bucks.
posted by Postroad (6 comments total)

the americans did it. where do i collect?
posted by quonsar at 1:24 PM on July 30, 2003

A good idea, I suppose. But those committing the terror attacks will counter by making "examples" of suspected snitches.
posted by troutfishing at 1:26 PM on July 30, 2003

Good use of my tax bucks.

Don't like it? Stop paying taxes.

Given the 'success' of the $15 mil for the sons program, the 10K for 'information' program makes sense. Just wait 'till they try to fill out the paperwork....
posted by rough ashlar at 1:35 PM on July 30, 2003

Why not, fight fire with fire. The bounty on our soldiers(an FPP a month back iirc). Good use of my tax bucks. How much American $s have been collected in Iraq that was Saddams(probably is my tax $s but never read it in the article). A previous FPP from yesterday mentioned that some Iraqis were not accepting the rewards either(be hard to resist). The Iraqi harboring Saddam's sons did; 30M$, wonder if he plans spending it in the USA?
posted by thomcatspike at 3:01 PM on July 30, 2003

Stop paying taxes. Thanks for the laugh.
posted by thomcatspike at 3:02 PM on July 30, 2003

How much for finding those thousand tons of anthrax and nuclear weapons? Seems a bit more important considering the regime could give these things to shady organzitions which could use them for terrorist attacks*.

*Assuming the Bush administration didn't make all that up just to goto war.
posted by skallas at 7:46 PM on July 30, 2003