Hard to believe -- money stolen in Iraq!?

Iraq bank heist nets thieves nearly $300 million — Employees arrive to find doors open, cash gone; guards are suspected

...one of the biggest thefts in Iraq since the 2003 war.

At the age of fifteen Doug and Dinsdale started attending the Ernest Pythagoras
Primary School in Clerkenwell. When the Piranhas left school they were called
up but were found by an Army Board to be too unstable even for National
Service. Denied the opportunity to use their talents in the service of their
country, they began to operate what they called 'The Operation'... They would
select a victim and then threaten to beat him up if he paid the so-called
protection money. Four months later they started another operation which the
called 'The Other Operation'. In this racket they selected another victim and
threatened not to beat him up if he didn't pay them. One month later they hit
upon 'The Other Other Operation'. In this the victim was threatened that if he
didn't pay them, they would beat him up. This for the Piranha brothers was the
turning point.