Saddam's quick cash to the rescue.

• Position: Off The News - Saddam Hussein - Brief Article

Bush Administration officials say one reason the U.S. government in the aftermath of the Iraq War was able to move funds quickly into the country, immediately paying dollars for services, was the existence of Saddam Hussein's assets frozen for more than a decade since the Gulf War. Strategists say that fortunately the New York Federal Reserve was in a position to...