Windfall

The Iraqi government has won a ruling to recover money from Saddam Hussein's Swiss bank account.

Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court has ordered the freezing of US$300M, which was deposited into a Swiss bank account by Khalaf al-Dlimi, Saddam's personal lawyer.

Switzerland will transfer the frozen money, which is legally the property of Iraq, to the Development Fund of Iraq by June 13th.

Dlimi has the right to file an objection to the court ruling with the sanctions commission of the UN Security Council.

Let us hope that the money is used wisely by the government.